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China sets modest 2023 GDP goal of some 5% after COVID

Maya Kaneko, Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 05 11:51 PM

China set a modest gross domestic product growth target for 2023 at around 5 percent after missing its goal last year due to the economic fallout from its now-ended 'zero-COVID' policy. Read more »

China to fully reopen borders with Hong Kong, Macau

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 03 01:43 PM

China said on Friday it will fully restore travel across its borders with Hong Kong and Macau next week, dropping Covid testing requirements. Read more »

China imports, exports plunge in December: customs

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 01:16 PM

China's exports in December fell at their fastest pace since 2020, according to official data Friday, owing to a drop in global demand and after health restrictions hit economic activity at home. Read more »

'Not necessary' to dwell on COVID death tally, Chinese experts say

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 12 06:22 AM

According to official figures, only 37 COVID-related deaths have been recorded in China since last month out of a population of 1.4 billion. Read more »

Domestic travel back in China

Wu Hao, EPA-EFE
Posted at Jan 10 05:24 PM

Passengers wearing face masks walk with their luggage in front of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China on Tuesday Read more »

DOH nixes additional restriction on travelers from China

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 06:59 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) sees no reason to impose additional restrictions on incoming travelers from China. Read more »

Australia demands negative COVID test for China arrivals

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 03:48 PM

Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travellers from China provide a negative Covid-19 test before arrival. Read more »

Chinese city seeing half a million COVID cases a day: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 24 01:49 PM

Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with COVID-19 every day, a senior health official has said. Read more »

China Covid 'explosion' began before restrictions eased: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 06:33 AM

The flare-up in Covid-19 cases in China was well underway before the government began easing restrictions, the World Health Organization said. Read more »

China 'iPhone city' tightens COVID rules after violent protests

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 24 02:57 PM

A central Chinese city home to a vast iPhone factory has ordered an effective COVID lockdown for several districts, after violent protests. Read more »

China's daily COVID cases hit record high

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 24 12:42 PM

China's daily COVID cases have hit a record high since the beginning of the pandemic, official data showed Thursday. Read more »

Protests erupt at largest iPhone factory in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 23 02:02 PM

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter showed. Read more »

China's COVID restrictions spark unrest in Guangzhou

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 16 07:44 AM

Crowds of people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou crashed through barriers and marched down streets in protest against strict coronavirus containment measures. Read more »

Escape from Foxconn: Workers recount Covid chaos at iPhone factory

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 04 03:44 PM

China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines in a bid to stamp out emerging outbreaks. Read more »

Chinese internet users detained over Xinjiang Covid-19 outbreak 'rumors'

Cyril Ip, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 13 10:40 AM

Police in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have detained four internet users, accusing them of spreading rumors about an outbreak of Covid-19. Read more »

Over 80,000 tourists trapped in 'China's Hawaii' after Covid outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 08 07:50 AM

Over 80,000 tourists are stranded in a resort city popularly known as "China's Hawaii" after a Covid flare-up led authorities to impose strict travel restrictions. Read more »

1.7 million locked down in China's Anhui province

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 04:51 PM

China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province, where authorities reported nearly 300 new COVID cases Monday. Read more »

Game canceled after Germany refuses to play vs. China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 03:48 PM

The game between China and Germany in the 2022 Volleyball Nations League has been canceled, organizers confirmed on Thursday afternoon. Read more »

Covid-19 cases rise in China, 'ferocious' Beijing bar cluster and Inner Mongolia trigger worries

Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jun 13 08:32 AM

China reported an uptick in Covid-19 cases on Sunday, as the capital Beijing battled a resurgence in infections and a border prefecture in Inner Mongolia became the new epicentre of its latest wave. Read more »

China finds 1st case of Omicron BA.2.12.1 subvariant

Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 18 08:02 AM

China’s first case of the new Omicron subvariant has been found after a passenger who arrived in the country on April 23 tested positive for BA.2.12.1. Read more »