China Lockdown

As protests rage, is China planning to relax its zero-COVID policy?

The anti-zero COVID protests in several Chinese cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, have called for Xi Jinping to step down. As international concerns mount, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that China has been adjusting its strategy based on the changing circumstances

Top China security body calls for 'crackdown' on 'hostile forces' after protests

The stark warning came after security services were out in force across China following demonstrations not seen in decades, as anger over unrelenting lockdowns fuelled deep-rooted frustration with the political system

Explained: The challenge before China’s Xi Jinping as rare lockdown protests spread

It’s rare to see a protest in China. As demonstrations against the draconian zero-COVID policy intensify, people call for the resignation of Xi Jinping. Will detentions and crackdowns against protesters make matters worse?

China COVID lockdown: Foxconn apologises for pay dispute at Zhengzhou iPhone factory as workers' protest continues

Employees complained Foxconn Technology Group changed the terms of wages offered to attract them to the factory in the central city of Zhengzhou

China: Hunger, lack of medicines after 40 days of COVID-19 lockdown in Xinjiang

Hundreds of posts from Xinjiang province's Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty fridges, feverish children, and people screaming from their windows

'Leave Shanghai': US State Department orders non-essential staff over COVID-19 outbreak in China

The State Department said that its diplomats have raised 'concerns about the safety and welfare of U.S. citizens with People's Republic of China officials'

Back to 2020: 26 million lives on hold as Shanghai expands COVID-19 lockdown

The lockdown in Shanghai, being done in two phases over eight days to enable testing of its entire population, has shaken global markets worried about the possible economic impact

Covid-19 surge in South Korea, Hong Kong. How worried should we be?

There’s a jump in infections with 11 million new cases reported from 7 March to 13 March. The WHO is calling it the “tip of the iceberg”

Should we be worried? COVID-19 once again raises its ugly head in China and US

Just as India was settling into a semblance of a routine life of pre-COVID times with schools, colleges and offices opening, disconcerting news reports have started coming in from around the world of another surge of the deadly disease.

China battles worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years as cases double in 24 hours

A fast-spreading variant known as 'stealth omicron' is testing China’s zero-tolerance strategy, which had kept the virus at bay since its initial outbreak in early 2020