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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 3, 2023

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Posted at Feb 03 11:41 PM

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China set to fully reopen borders with Hong Kong, Macau

Jerome Favre, EPA-EFE
Posted at Feb 03 04:10 PM

Artists perform a dragon dance, considered auspicious for businesses that reopened after the Lunar New Year break, in Hong Kong on Friday. Read more »

Asia 2023 growth may outperform global peers: analyst

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Updated as of Jan 17 11:52 AM

The gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the Asian region may outperform its global peers this year buoyed by the reopening of China, HSBC Asia Pacific Chief Investment Officer Fan Check Wan said on Tuesday. Read more »

China economy grows 3 pct in 2022: official data

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 17 10:42 AM

China's economy grew 3.0 percent in 2022, official data released on Tuesday showed, one of the weakest rates in 40 years. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 10, 2023

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Posted at Jan 11 12:11 AM

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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 »

European investors give China the cold shoulder

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Jan 04 08:24 AM

European companies in 2023 are not expected to forget Southeast Asia and return their investments to China — despite Beijing shedding its draconian "zero-COVID" restrictions. Read more »

Growth downgrade for China 'very likely' on COVID surge: IMF chief

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 03:31 AM

The IMF earlier warned that tough virus restrictions have been especially hard on China's residents. Read more »

China says tracking Covid cases now 'impossible' as infections soar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 11:52 AM

The true scale of Covid-19 infections in China is now "impossible" to track, the country's top health body said Wednesday, as officials warned of a rapid spread in Beijing after the country abruptly dropped its zero-tolerance policy. Read more »

How China's COVID protests challenged Xi Jinping

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Dec 14 08:58 AM

Many view Beijing's decision to pivot away from strict pandemic containment policies as a victory for Chinese protesters. Read more »

China expert: COVID 'spreading rapidly' after rules eased

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 08:20 PM

Dozens of restaurants and small businesses in Beijing put up signs saying they were 'temporarily closed', without offering details. Read more »

How social media is helping China's COVID protests

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Dec 09 06:30 AM

Chinese authorities have announced a series of measures to ease quarantine and testing requirements while limiting local officials' power to impose citywide lockdowns or roll out restrictions on domestic travel. Read more »

China's capital adjusts to life with COVID after policy reversal

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 09 10:44 AM

The Chinese capital showed tentative signs of a return to normal Thursday after a sudden reversal of a hardline pandemic policy that hammered China's economy. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 6, 2022

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Posted at Dec 06 11:54 PM

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China loosens COVID-19 curbs amid economic downturn

Wu Hao, EPA-EFE
Posted at Dec 06 05:34 PM

A volunteer health worker sleeps in an epidemic prevention and control support vehicle in Beijing, on Tuesday. Read more »

Shanghai, other Chinese cities ease some COVID curbs

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Dec 05 03:19 AM

Several cities in China on Sunday eased some COVID restrictions, following the capital Beijing's lead a day earlier after a wave of public anger about the country's draconian handling of the pandemic. Read more »

Shanghai axes some COVID-19 testing requirements

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 05 03:19 AM

Authorities in China's financial hub of Shanghai will from Monday scrap some testing requirements in the country's latest relaxing of its strict zero-Covid policy following nationwide protests unseen in decades. Read more »

China further relaxes COVID rules after protests

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 04:30 PM

Cities across China further unwound Covid restrictions Friday, loosening testing and quarantine rules in the wake of nationwide protests. Read more »

Protesters clash with police in Chinese megacity

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 02:09 PM

Protesters clashed with police in Guangzhou overnight, part of a wave of demonstrations across China triggered by COVID restrictions. Read more »

Global protest vs China’s COVID restrictions

Peter Parks, AFP
Posted at Nov 29 04:18 PM

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in China's major cities in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state over its zero-COVID policy. Read more »