Beijing residents have cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen has followed other cities in announcing it will no longer require commuters to present their test results to travel …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
Beijing, Shenzhen Loosen More COVID Curbs as China Easing Gathers Pace
Pandemic prevention workers in protective suits get ready to enter an apartment building that went into lockdown as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 2, 2022.
Xi acknowledges uproar in China over COVID restrictions, signals easing: Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping privately acknowledged the civil unrest over the country’s stringent “zero COVID” policy in conversations with a European official, according to multiple reports.
Top Headlines: Govt to curb imports of Chinese fans, rural FMCG demand dips
Centre will soon issue quality control orders (QCOs) to check imports of electric fans and smart meters–especially from China–after successfully reining in toy imports through stringent quality …
None of China’s business: US echoes India’s views on Beijing’s objection to military exercises
India-US military exercises are ‘none of China’s business’, an American diplomat in India asserted and further added that Washington will support India’s efforts to fight regional challenges. The …
Shenzhen Eases Covid Curbs, Adds to Signs of Shift Across China
China’s southern tech hub Shenzhen ended mandatory Covid testing to enter public venues, adding to a growing list of local governments easing strict social curbs imposed across the nation since the …
‘None of China’s business’: US on joint military drills with India near LAC
New Delhi: The US on Friday rejected China’s opposition to an India-US joint military exercise near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Uttarakhand, asserting that it is “none of their business”.
Amid NATO warning, a look at increasing China-EU trade ties
On Thursday, NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg warned of the security consequences of engaging with authoritarian powers such as China. Speaking at the Berlin Security Conference, Stoltenberg …
Customs seize imported Chinese drinks, others
The Deputy Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force, Kolapo Oladeji, has said the agency seized some Chinese drinks and other items allegedly smuggled into the country through the Abaji-Lokoja …
China’s top banks to issue offshore loans to help developers repay debt
CHINA has ordered its top four state-owned banks to issue offshore loans to help developers repay overseas debt, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, rolling out its latest support …
U.S. diplomat says China protests had effect in easing COVID curbs
Protests in China against the world’s toughest COVID-19 restrictions are dying down because they have had an effect, a top U.S. diplomat said on Friday, as Beijing further eased testing and quarantine …
Čína po divokých protestech proti covidovým lockdownům: Mimořádně tvrdá cenzura!
Čínské úřady po víkendových protestech tvrdě zasáhly proti používání virtuálních privátních sítí (VPN), které umožňují přístup na sociální sítě a zahraniční zpravodajské servery, které jsou jinak v ze …
China’s economic census to take place in 2023 as coronavirus battle drags on
China’s fifth national economic census will take place next year, with the world’s second-largest economy facing a critical time amid its three-year battle with the coronavirus that has taken a toll …