World Dec 11 China expands hospitals, ICUs as it faces a COVID surge after loosening restrictions Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as it rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests.
World Dec 07 China rolls back some anti-COVID measures following protests China has rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places.
World Dec 01 More Chinese cities ease COVID restrictions to defuse protests More Chinese cities are easing anti-virus restrictions and police are patrolling their streets as the government tries to defuse public anger over some of the world's most stringent COVID measures.
World Nov 30 China announces new vaccination effort, but ‘zero COVID’ policy not likely to end soon A campaign to vaccinate older Chinese has sparked hopes Beijing might roll back severe anti-virus controls that prompted angry protesters to demand President Xi Jinping resign.
World Nov 30 Jiang Zemin, who led China’s economic rise after ending of pro-democracy protests, dies State media report former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has died at age 96. Jiang led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989.
World Nov 28 China eases “zero COVID” rules after wide protests of lockdowns Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe "zero COVID" strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades.
World Nov 24 Foxconn apologizes for pay dispute that sparked factory protests in China The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones has apologized for a pay dispute that set off employee protests at a factory where anti-virus controls have slowed production.
World Nov 23 Workers beaten, detained amid ‘zero-COVID’ protests at Chinese iPhone factory Videos and postings on Chinese social media say workers at the world's biggest Apple iPhone factory have been beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls.
Politics Nov 13 What to expect out of Monday’s summit between Biden and China’s Xi During President Biden’s highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, the leaders will be circling each other to game out how to manage a relationship that the U.S. has determined poses the biggest economic and military threat.
World Nov 12 China tightens restrictions in Guangzhou as rise in COVID cases reported Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou was ordered to stay home for virus testing Saturday and a major city in the southwest closed schools as another rise in infections was reported.