Amanda Lee: China’s efforts to bolster its abilities in science and engineering are being hampered by frustration among expats about…
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INTERNATIONAL DESK: As China enters its third – and darkest – pandemic winter, zero-Covid is finally dead, but the fallout…
Xinlu Liang: A resident of a fenced-off residential compound asks a health worker to help pick up his groceries, in…
INTERNATIONAL DESK: Protests erupted in China’s Shanghai on Saturday night against Beijing’s strict COVID-19 policy. Several videos have emerged on…
Federico Giuliani: The rumours of an exit from the costly ‘Zero-Covid’ policy that had sent Chinese stocks soaring last week…
INTERNATIONAL DESK: Despite the stern Zero-COVID policy in place, China reported 4,420 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections on Saturday, the…
INTERNATIONAL DESK: China’s economy contracted sharply in the second quarter of this year as widespread coronavirus lockdowns hit businesses and…