While the CCP bears responsibility for this disaster, the mass infection policy was implemented under the demands of the US and the other imperialist powers.
Monthly Archives For January 2023
China’s pessimistic Gen Z poses challenge for Xi post-Covid-19
For all the government’s talk about “common prosperity”, levelling the playing field for this new generation seems impossible, some analysts say. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China’s pessimistic Gen Z poses challenge for Xi post-COVID
The first weekend after COVID-19 restrictions ended last month, dozens of young Chinese jostled in the dark at a heavy-metal concert in a tiny Shanghai music venue that reeked of sweat and hard liquor …
Beijing is taking ‘golden shares’ in Alibaba and Tencent — here’s what that may mean
Many investors think Beijing’s crackdown on technology firms is ending, but the Chinese government will still hold influence over names like Alibaba and Tencent. CNBC’s Ted Kemp reports.
How China planted an FBI mole who was discovered only after gutting the CIA’s vast spy network
Over the past decade, more than a dozen Chinese agents recruited by the CIA have been killed or imprisoned. An alleged spy in the FBI may be to blame.
China says economy to return to faster growth as Covid isolation ends
Chinese Vice Premier Liu’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos was filled with optimism about a return to economic growth, but many remain skeptical.
Optimism has been returning to China’s economy — but can it last?
Much depends on how quickly the country’s ’tsunami’ of COVID infections lasts, and whether Beijing’s unpredictable virus-control policies hamper or foster growth, analysts say …
China offers olive branch to the west at World Economic Forum, but some still skeptical
China appeared to strike a more conciliatory tone at this year’s World Economic Forum, but some remain skeptical of Beijing’s true aims.
China is opening up after 3 years — what does it mean for research?
Travel to and from China is increasing after quarantines for travellers were lifted this month. Credit: Andy Wong/AP/Shutterstock Palaeoanthropologist Clément Zanolli has been waiting more than three …
Chinese have been snapping up flights abroad as Beijing puts zero-COVID restrictions in the rearview mirror and Chinese New Year nears
After Monday’s announcement that passengers coming into China would no longer face quarantine, citizens are racing to secure vacations in Thailand, Japan and South Korea.
INSIGHT-In China, doctors say they are discouraged from citing COVID on death certificates
Six doctors at public hospitals across China told Reuters they had either received similar oral instructions discouraging them from attributing deaths to COVID or were aware that their hospitals had …
FirstFT: China’s population falls in historic shift
Also in today’s newsletter, IMF signals upgrade to forecasts, and lessons in preparing for war on the Korean peninsula …
China just reported atypically weak economic growth for 2022. Here’s how this year will be different.
Pro-growth government measures and pent-up consumer demand could help the economy expand 6% in 2023, experts say.
