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Partial lockdown in Beijing over COVID-19 outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 04:32 PM

A partial lockdown was imposed on the Chinese capital Wednesday, with 1.6 million residents banned from leaving Beijing, after a handful of cases were detected.   Read more »

Jack Ma makes first public appearance since Oct in online meeting

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 01:07 PM

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma met with 100 rural teachers in China via a video meeting on Wednesday, local government media reported, making the businessman's first appearance in public since October. Read more »

Chinese scientists develop gene therapy which could delay ageing

Martin Quin Pollard, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 09:27 AM

Scientists in Beijing have developed a new gene therapy which can reverse some of the effects of ageing in mice and extend their lifespans, findings which may one day contribute to similar treatment for humans. Read more »

China reports over 100 new COVID-19 cases for seventh day

Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 11:07 AM

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - China reported more than 100 new COVID-19 cases for a seventh day on Tuesday in the worst domestic outbreak since March last year, with one northeastern province seeing a record daily increase. Read more »

China envoy confirms delivery of Sinovac vaccines in PH 'as early as next month'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 06:32 PM

COVID-19 vaccines developed by China-backed pharmaceutical company Sinovac may arrive "as early as next month," Beijing's envoy confirmed Friday, as he cited "new era of partnership" between the two countries amid the pandemic.  Read more »

China possibly committed 'genocide' against Xinjiang Muslims: US commission

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 09:49 AM

WASHINGTON - China has possibly committed "genocide" in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a report on Thursday. Read more »

'Uncle Roger' comedian sparks China censorship row with deleted video

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 03:39 PM

A UK-based comedian has sparked a censorship row after he apologised to Chinese fans and removed a video featuring a fellow YouTube star who had been critical of Beijing. Read more »

China sees biggest daily COVID-19 case rise in over 5 months

Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 10:05 AM

SHANGHAI - Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country's national health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beijing continued to rise. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 8, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 01:10 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Mass vaccinations in Beijing underway

AFP
Posted at Jan 08 08:23 PM

People receive vaccines against COVID-19 at a temporary vaccination center in Beijing on Friday, more than a month ahead of the Lunar New Year. Read more »

Beijing raises guard as COVID-19 cases rise in Hebei province

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 03:45 PM

Tongzhou district in Beijing, which borders Hebei province, also declared that it was entering a "wartime state" to prevent infections. Such a measure is usually followed by contact tracing and testing to track down any infections at the local level.   Read more »

China reports biggest rise in daily COVID cases in 5 months

Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 09:57 AM

China reported the biggest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in more than five months on Thursday, driven by rising infections in Hebei province surrounding the capital Beijing. Read more »

Football: Bilic returns to management with Chinese side Beijing Guoan

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 06:30 PM

Beijing Guoan have appointed former West Bromwich Albion manager Slaven Bilic as their new head coach on a two-year contract. Read more »

China steps up COVID-19 measures as local infections rise

Reuters
Posted at Jan 06 09:55 AM

Chinese authorities say they are stepping up efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, seeking to avoid another wave of the pandemic in the country amid a rise in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases near Beijing. Read more »

Beijing vaccinates thousands in COVID-19 jab drive

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 01:09 PM

BEIJING - Thousands of people were lining up in Beijing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as China races to inoculate millions before the Chinese New Year mass travel season in February. Read more »

Coronavirus: Chinese man jailed over face masks scam

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jan 04 09:52 AM

A Chinese man has been jailed for more than six years over a medical equipment scam in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak Read more »

In New Year's speech, Taiwan president again reaches out to China

Ben Blanchard, Reuters
Posted at Jan 01 03:39 PM

Taiwan is ready to have "meaningful" talks with China as equals as long as they are willing to put aside confrontation, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday, offering another olive branch to Beijing in her New Year's speech. Read more »

Did half a million people in Wuhan contract the coronavirus?

South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 30 12:36 PM

Over 4 per cent of the 11 million people in the central Chinese city of Wuhan might have been exposed to the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a national study of blood antibodies. Read more »

Beijing tightens COVID-19 curbs as cases detected across capital

Reuters
Posted at Dec 27 06:39 PM

Beijing has tightened COVID-19 curbs over concerns that China's mass travel during the holiday period could cause cases to spike in the capital, as it reported locally transmitted cases for a fourth straight day on Sunday. Read more »

Why China turned against Jack Ma

Li Yuan, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 06:34 AM

In China, Jack Ma is synonymous with success. The English teacher turned internet entrepreneur is the country’s richest person. But lately, public sentiment has soured, and Daddy Ma has become the man people in China love to hate. Read more »