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Are lockdowns coming back to China?
Influenza has gripped China. The growing cases and shortage of medicines have forced schools to suspend classes. Now officials in the Chinese city of Xi’an have proposed lockdowns to battle flu outbreaks. Other local governments might have similar plans
North Korea lifts stringent epidemic lockdown in capital Pyongyang, says Russian embassy
North Korea has not officially acknowledged a lockdown in Pyongyang or a re-emergence of COVID-19 after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over the coronavirus in August
China seeks to minimise possibility of major COVID-19 outbreak during travel rush
China abruptly ended a strict regime of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing in December amid growing concerns about the economic impact and rare public protests in a country that permits no open political dissent
How China's megacity is moving away from its strict zero-COVID policy
The southern megacity of Chongqing — home to around 32 million people — became one of the first parts of China to let people work normally even with visible COVID-19 symptoms
WATCH: Chinese citizens protest against Zero Covid policy, clash with police in Guangzhou
Even as China is ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has chosen to deal with the crisis with a series of stringent methods, including a rather harsh lockdown, as part of its Zero Covid policy
China: Demonstrators attack police in Guangzhou as protests against Covid-19 lockdown escalate
The violence in Guangzhou was a marked escalation from similar protests in Shanghai, Beijing and other Chinese cities over the weekend. The current wave of country wide protests in biggest wave of civil disobedience in China since Xi Jinping started his reign as president a decade ago
China: Amid widespread protests against Zero Covid policy, Chinese govt launches major crackdown
As part of the government crackdown, students of several universities have been sent home. The search for people involved in the demonstrations has been intensified, while a large number of policemen have been deployed in major cities including the capital Beijing and major economic hub Shanghai
China lockdown protests pause under heavy policing
A deadly fire last week in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang region, was the catalyst for public outrage, with protesters taking to the streets of cities around the country over the weekend
Explained: How COVID-19 frustrations have pushed Chinese out on to the streets
Discontent has been brewing in China for months over the country's zero-COVID policy. A gruelling lockdown in Shanghai in late March brought the first visible glimmer of widespread dissent followed by campus protests, and finally the Urumqi protests
Explained: How China's zero-COVID policy has left people in Beijing frustrated
Beijing's tightening restrictions come as the city is reporting its highest-ever number of daily infections. Residents are now growing tired of navigating vague, shifting restrictions and uncertainties
Beijing goes into semi-lockdown as COVID-19 cases start rising in China
COVID-19 cases in China on Friday rose to over 25,000, including more than 500 in Beijing, prompting city officials to advise millions of residents to stay home and undergo daily testing
Tech behemoth Foxconn: The new victim of China’s zero-COVID strategy
Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, is the latest victim of China's no-compromise zero-COVID strategy, as Beijing has imposed a strict lockdown on an area of central China housing a massive iPhone factory run by the tech giant
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
China locks down 65 million people ahead of national holidays to prevent spread of COIVD-19
Despite the relatively low number of infections, authorities have adhered to a ‘zero-COVID’ policy requiring lockdowns, quarantines and the confining of close contact with confirmed case
COVID-19: Lockdown in China's Hainan after rise in new cases
More than 470 new cases were recorded in the province on Sunday. Some 80,000 tourists are left stranded because of the lockdown. Those wanting to depart have to test negative five times over seven days.
China places 1.7 million people in lockdown in Anhui province
The outbreak in Anhui comes as the Chinese economy begins to rebound from a months-long lockdown in Shanghai and disruptive COVID-19 restrictions in the capital Beijing
Why UN's biodiversity summit shifted from China to Canada
China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy has limited international visitors in the country. Due to the policy, China previously withdrew as the host of soccer’s 2023 Asian cup and has indefinitely postponed the 2022 Asian Games.
China: Shanghai eases COVID-19 curbs in step towards ending lockdown
The commercial hub of China was closed down in sections from late March, when Omicron fueled nation's worst outbreak since COVID-19 first took hold in 2020
Shanghai partly restarts public transport, signals gradual reopening after two month lockdown
As new infections have slowed, Shanghai has cautiously eased restrictions, with some factories resuming operations and residents in lower-risk areas allowed to venture outdoors
Over 13,000 COVID-negative Beijing residents ‘forcibly’ relocated to quarantine hotels overnight
The residents of the locked-down Nanxinyuan residential compound in southeast Beijing were relocated to quarantine hotels overnight Friday due to 26 new infections