The death of Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic mascot designer Wu Guanying, aged 67, has been reported in Beijing.
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China Blasts US Defense Bill While Taiwan Welcomes It
– In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, fighter jets of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Aug.
China grapples massive COVID wave with full emergency wards and crowded crematoriums: ‘Many people dying’
China continues to grapple with COVID-19 cases that have surged since government officials lifted restrictions. The country-wide wave of cases has overwhelmed hospitals.
Hong Kong announces planned border re-opening with China as Omicron surges at Christmas
China, grappling with a new wave of COVID-19 infections, took another step towards loosening its pandemic-related restrictions on Saturday when Hong Kong’s leader announced it would aim to re-open its borders with the mainland by…
Hospitals in Beijing set up makeshift fever clinics to provide medical services
In order to facilitate fever patients to seek medical treatment and ensure residents’ medical needs, some hospitals in Beijing set up makeshift fever clinics in gymnasiums to provide services such as …
China’s Provinces Send Already Stretched Medical Personnel to Beijing to Battle Covid Peak
As Beijing’s already strained health care system braces for a peak in severe Covid infections, several provinces have sent medical teams to the capital, despite criticism from local health officials …
Hong Kong leader aims to reopen border with China next month
Hong Kong’s leader says China has agreed to a reopening of the city’s border with the mainland, which has been largely closed by pandemic restrictions
Covid-19’s Spread in China Might Tell Us How Deadly Omicron Really Is
The country is meeting the Omicron variant with less exposure to the virus and lower vaccination rates among the elderly.
Almost 25 crore infected by Covid-19 in 20 days in China, claims leaked document
In just 20 days, almost 25 crore people have been hit by coronavirus in China after the country lifted its stringent ‘zero Covid policy’ earlier this month, a leaked document has claimed.
China Grapples With Covid-19 Wave As Hospitals Packed With Ill, Crematoriums Crowded
China: Intensive care units are turning away ambulances, relatives of sick people are searching for open beds, and patients are slumped on benches in hospital corridors and lying on floors for a lack …
WATCH: Chinese crematoriums overcrowded, Hospitals turn away ambulances as millions get infected with COVID-19
The crisis in China caused by the COVID-19 outbreak is getting worse by the day. Hospitals are getting overcrowded, ICUs are turning away ambulances while patients are being treated on benches and …
Nearly 250 million Covid-19 infections in China: Leaked document
Almost 250 million people in China may have been affected by Covid-19 in just 20 days after the zero-covid policy was diluted in the first week of the month …
China towns grapple with packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums amid severe Covid-19 wave
China has reported only seven Covid-19 deaths since restrictions were loosened on December 7, bringing the country’s total toll to 5,241.