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Update – China media plays down COVID severity as WHO seeks detail on variants

BEIJING/HONG KONG/GENEVA, Jan 3 (Reuters) - State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of a briefing on Tuesday by its scientists to the World…

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Tender sale of Evergrande’s Hong Kong headquarters fails again

A tender for the sale of embattled China Evergrande Group's headquarters in Hong Kong has lapsed again, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, because the offer…

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Tesla makes China boss highest-profile executive after Musk

Tesla Inc's China chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take direct oversight of the electric carmaker’s U.S. assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe,…

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Chinese attempt return to normality braving rise in Covid-19 infections

Some people in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a rise in COVID-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday, raising the prospect of…

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Some in China return to regular activity after COVID infections

By Josh Arslan and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING/WUHAN, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Some people in China's key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in…

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China-Taiwan: why tensions are rising and what could happen in 2023

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the…

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Xi calls for unity as China enters “new phase” of COVID policy

BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for more effort and unity as the country enters a "new phase" in its approach to combating the…

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WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization once again urged China's health officials to regularly share specific and real-time information on the COVID-19 situation in the country, as it continues to…

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World Health Organization needs more information on China COVID situation – Tedros

ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization needs more information to assess the latest surge in infections in China, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. COVID infections have risen across…

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COVID travel curbs against Chinese visitors ‘discriminatory’ -state media

BEIJING, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Chinese state-media said COVID-19 testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were "discriminatory", in the clearest pushback…

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COVID pressures China’s hospitals, funeral homes; countries mandate tests

Hospitals, funeral parlours report surge in COVID infections India, Italy, Japan, Taiwan mandate tests for China travellers By Martin Quin Pollard CHENGDU, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Chinese hospitals and funeral homes were…

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China slams Taiwan’s ‘cannon fodder’ conscription decision

BEIJING, Dec 28 (Reuters) - China's government criticised Taiwan on Wednesday for seeking to use the Taiwanese people as "cannon fodder" by extending compulsory military service from four months to…

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China to drop COVID tests for inbound travellers from Jan 8

Dec 28 (Reuters) - China will drop a requirement for inbound travellers to take COVID-19 PCR tests starting from Jan 8, 2023, customs authorities said on Wednesday. PCR checks for…

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Chinese hospitals ‘extremely busy’ as COVID spreads unchecked

Hospitals report surge in COVID infections China reports three new COVID deaths for Tuesday Some countries consider travel rules for Chinese visitors By Martin Quin Pollard CHENGDU, Dec 28 (Reuters)…

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Taiwan reports China’s largest incursion yet to air defence zone

Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island's government said on Monday, the largest reported…

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China to scrap COVID quarantine rule for inbound travellers

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which…

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Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as China limps towards living with COVID

Life limping back to normal in Shanghai, Beijing Cities across China report large numbers of infections China reports no COVID deaths for 6th consecutive day By Bernard Orr and Xihao…

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China’s Zhejiang has 1 mln daily COVID cases, expected to double

By Bernard Orr and Roxanne Liu BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) - China's Zhejiang, a big industrial province near Shanghai, is battling around a million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to…

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Shanghai asks residents to stay in on Christmas as China COVID surges

SHANGHAI, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities urged residents to stay at home this weekend, seeking a toned-down Christmas in the nation's most populous city as COVID-19 rages nationwide after tough curbs…

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China estimates COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing estimates from…

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China COVID deaths probably running above 5,000 per day – UK research firm Airfinity

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing…

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China’s stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections

COVID infections may peak next week- Chinese health official China reports no new COVID deaths for 3rd day Overstretched health system braces for more severe cases By Bernard Orr and…

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WHO says China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID cases

By Manas Mishra and Nandhini Srinivasan (Reuters) - China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior…

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Shanghai hospital readies for ‘tragic battle’ with COVID

Shanghai hospital estimates 5.43 mln positives in city Several cities distributing free anti-fever drugs No COVID deaths for 2nd consecutive day, China says First mRNA vaccines to arrive in China…

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China races to bolster health system as COVID surge sparks global concern

Cities across China scrambled to install hospital beds and build fever screening clinics on Tuesday as authorities reported five more deaths and international concern grew about Beijing's surprise decision to let the…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Harbin, China

The Harbin Ice-Snow World, a renowned seasonal theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang province. Also called "the Ice City", Harbin is one of…

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China officially reports first COVID deaths in weeks as virus wave swells

By Liz Lee and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters) - China officially reported on Monday its first COVID-related deaths since the government began dismantling strict anti-virus controls earlier…

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Medical staff in China’s hospitals say COVID-19 ripping through their ranks

By Farah Master and Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - A growing number of China's doctors and nurses are catching COVID-19 and some have been asked to keep working, as…

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Streets deserted in China’s cities as new COVID surge looms

BEIJING (Reuters) -Streets in major Chinese cities were eerily quiet on Sunday as people stayed home to protect themselves from a surge in COVID-19 cases that has hit urban centres…

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In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

By Ryan Woo and Winni Zhou BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Funeral homes across China's COVID-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with…

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New COVID model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023

CHICAGO (Reuters) - China's abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the…

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China pushes vaccines as retreat from ‘zero-COVID’ turns messy

Beijing urges inoculations for elderly WHO calls for vaccine drive as virus spreads Economic summit starts amid more dire data By Brenda Goh and Albee Zhang BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Dec 15 (Reuters)…

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China stops publishing asymptomatic COVID cases, reports no deaths

BEIJING, Dec 14 (Reuters) - China's National Health Commission (NHC) will as of Wednesday stop reporting new asymptomatic COVID-19 infections, as many people without symptoms no longer participate in testing,…

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‘Please protect yourself’: China wrestles with COVID surge

By Eduardo Baptista and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) - People queued outside fever clinics at China's hospitals for COVID-19 checks on Monday, a new sign of the rapid spread…

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China’s capital swings from anger over zero-COVID to coping with infections

BEIJING, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Beijing's COVID-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as…

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Warning risk of miscalculation with Chinese warships highest it has ever been

The risk of a miscalculation between Western and Chinese warships in the South China Sea is the highest it has ever been, an expert has said. With so many foreign…

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China to allow German expats to use German COVID-19 vaccines

BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said China and Germany had reached an agreement on providing "German vaccines" to German nationals in China, after the German Chancellor recently said…

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‘It’s dead out here’: China’s slow exit from zero-COVID

Beijing eased curbs in major policy shift on Wednesday Change came after historic protests last month HSBC CEO hails new rules as "meaningful progress" Analysts say virus spike will hurt…

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‘Too many positives!’: As China rows back ‘zero-COVID’ policy, virus fears spread

Biggest relaxation of curbs since pandemic began Cities urge citizens to stay vigilant Analysts say China ill-prepared for big spike in cases By Bernard Orr and Ella Cao BEIJING, Dec…

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Saudi and China strengthen energy, trade and investment ties

Saudi Arabia will host a China-Arab summit on Dec. 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping, with the leaders of the two countries expected to discuss trade ties and regional…

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China’s patchy COVID easing sows confusion but comforts investors

A partial easing of the world's toughest COVID-19 curbs sowed confusion across China on Monday, even as global investors cheered the prospects of a broader policy shift in the wake of last month's…

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China’s Xi told EU less lethal Omicron opens way for fewer COVID restrictions

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping blamed mass protests in Chinese cities on youth frustrated by years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but said the now dominant Omicron variant of…

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Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more COVID curbs as China fine-tunes policy

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of COVID-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present…

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Chinese cities ease COVID curbs as virus keeps spreading

By Martin Quin Pollard and David Kirton BEIJING, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing off on testing requirements and quarantine…

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NATO’s Stoltenberg cautions against economic dependency on China

BERLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday he still believes in the benefits of free trade but warned of the security consequences that come with engaging…

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China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of historic protests

BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China is set to announce in coming days an easing of its COVID-19 quarantine protocols and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift…

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Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin dies aged 96

BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died on Wednesday at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. (0413 GMT) in his home…

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BBC says Chinese police assaulted one of its journalists at Shanghai protest

The BBC said Chinese police had assaulted one of its journalists covering a protest in the commercial hub of Shanghai and detained him for several hours, drawing criticism from Britain's…

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Blank sheets of paper become symbol of defiance in China protests

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that…

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Shanghai tightens security after rare COVID protests across China

Shanghai puts up barriers around weekend protest site No sign of new protests in Beijing, Shanghai on Monday Backlash is a setback for efforts to stamp out virus News of…

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China COVID cases hit fresh record high after weekend of protests

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) - China posted another record high COVID-19 infections on Monday, after an extraordinary weekend of protests across the country over restrictive coronavirus…

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UPDATE – Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare across China

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China's stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several…

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China reports third consecutive daily record for new COVID cases

BEIJING, Nov 26 (Reuters) - China reported 35,183 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 25, of which 3,474 were symptomatic and 31,709 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday, setting a…

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China reports new daily record COVID cases, curbs tighten across country

SHANGHAI, Nov 25 (Reuters) - China on Friday reported another record high of daily COVID-19 infections, as cities across the country enforce measures and curbs to control outbreaks. Thursday's new…

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China’s COVID infections hit record as economic outlook darkens

China reported record high COVID-19 infections on Thursday, with cities nationwide imposing localised lockdowns, mass testing and other curbs that are fuelling frustration and darkening the outlook for the world's…

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Several Beijing districts shut schools as China COVID cases rise

Three weekend deaths in Beijing, first since May Guangzhou orders five-day lockdown of its Baiyun district China nationally reported 26,824 new local cases BEIJING, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Students in…

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China COVID cases steady as many Beijing businesses, schools shut

BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) - New coronavirus case numbers held steady in China near April peaks on Sunday as many shops and restaurants in Beijing's most populous district were shut and schools…

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