China’s only Formula One driver Guanyu Zhou said on Thursday there was still a good chance of his home Grand Prix happening in 2023 despite strict measures to curb COVID-19.
Monthly Archives For November 2022
China eases some quarantine for travelers even as cases rise
Travelers arriving in China will spend less time in quarantine under changes to sweeping anti-virus controls announced Friday to reduce disruption to the economy and society. The announcement came …
China Adjusts Some Pandemic Policies, While Sticking to ‘Zero Covid’
As global concerns mount about the cost of China’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid, the Chinese government on Friday fine-tuned some of its restrictions, even as it remained committed to its strict …
China cuts Covid quarantine rules while Guangzhou nears lockdown
China has eased coronavirus quarantine requirements for close contacts and international travellers, in the first marginal relaxation of Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid strategy since the policy was …
China announces optimization of COVID-19 rules
Yin Liqin/China News Service China will cut COVID-19 quarantine period for incoming travelers from 10 to 8 days, cancel the circuit breaker for inbound flights and no longer determine secondary close …
New ‘WAVE’ of Coronavirus in China; 10,000 new Covid-19 cases, LOCKDOWN in many cities
The country reported 10,729 new cases on Friday, almost all of them testing positive while showing no symptoms. With the bulk of Beijing’s 21 million people undergoing near daily testing, another 118 …
Beijing closes parks and imposes restrictions amid fresh wave of Covid cases
Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of Covid-19 cases – even as millions of people remain under lockdown in the west and south of China.…
Beijing mulls better use of Winter Olympics legacy
The Beijing municipal advisory body recently set up a research group on the sustainable use of facilities used during the 2022 Winter Olympics. After visiting the Winter Olympic venues, the Olympic …
Beijing’s foreign trade grows 19.3% in Jan-Oct
Beijing’s total import and export value surged 19.3% year on year to reach 2.96 trillion yuan (US$ 410 billion) in the first 10 months of this year, local customs authority said Thursday. The growth …
China scraps Covid flight bans, cuts quarantine for inbound travelers
China has reduced the amount of time travelers entering the country must spend in quarantine and removed a major restriction on international flights, as it begins to ease its stringent zero-Covid …
China shortens COVID quarantine times, eases flight curbs
China on Friday eased some of its COVID curbs, including shortening by two days quarantine times for close contacts of cases and for inbound travellers and scrapping a penalty on airlines that bring …
China eases Covid rules, shortening quarantine for inbound travelers
The easing of rules comes even as case numbers surge to their highest in months, with Beijing and the central city of Zhengzhou seeing record tallies.
China just rolled out its biggest pullback on COVID restrictions and shortened quarantine time for travelers
People flying into China must now spend five days in hotel quarantine and three days at home. That’s down from 10 days total in quarantine.
