World Dec 23 After abrupt reopening, China faces COVID-19 spiral Nearly three years after the coronavirus was first identified in China and an unyielding "zero-COVID" approach, it is now spreading through the country after an abrupt reopening on Dec. 7 caught the nation under-vaccinated and short on hospital capacity. Experts…
World Dec 21 China narrows criteria for COVID-19 deaths included in official count A Chinese health official says the country only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a narrow definition that limits the numbers of deaths being reported as the virus surges following the easing of…
World Dec 08 China relaxes COVID restrictions, braces for wave of infections People across China are reacting with relief and caution to the dramatic government decision to loosen some of the world's most severe COVID-19 restrictions.
World Nov 27 Crowds angered by lockdowns call for China’s Xi to step down as protests spread Protesters pushed to the brink by China's strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country's all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the…
World Nov 26 China loosens some restrictions in Xinjiang after COVID-19 lockdown protests Authorities in China's western Xinjiang region opened up some neighborhoods in the capital of Urumqi on Saturday after residents held extraordinary late-night demonstrations against the city's draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three months.
World Nov 26 Taiwan’s president resigns as party leader after local election losses Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses on Saturday in which voters chose the opposition Nationalist party in several major races across the self-ruled island.
World Aug 04 China conducts ‘precision missile strikes’ near Taiwan after Pelosi visit China says it has conducted "precision missile strikes" in the Taiwan Strait as part of military exercises by its navy, air force and other departments in six zones surrounding the island.
Politics Aug 03 Pelosi pledges U.S. commitment to democracy is ‘ironclad’ during Taiwan visit U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi concluded her visit to Taiwan with a pledge that the American commitment to democracy on the self-governing island and elsewhere “remains ironclad.”…
World Aug 02 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, raising tensions between U.S. and China U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan despite threats from Beijing of serious consequences, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China in 25 years.
World Apr 27 Shanghai seeks ‘societal zero COVID’ amid lockdown Shanghai city authorities said Wednesday they will start rounds of COVID-19 testing over the next few days to determine which neighborhoods can safely be allowed a limited amount of freedom of movement, as residents in Beijing watch carefully on word…