Jan 15 Clap, don’t chant: China aims for ‘Zero COVID’ Olympics By Candice Choi, Associated Press The prevention protocols will be similar to those at the Tokyo Games this summer, but much tighter. That won't be a stretch in Beijing, with China having maintained a “Zero COVID" policy since early in the pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 7:39 Examining the human toll of China’s stringent COVID policy By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Layla Quran Chinese authorities locked down after discovering two cases of omicron in Anyang, a city of 5.5 million people about 300 miles outside Beijing. It’s the third Chinese city now in lockdown and comes less than a month before the Beijing… Continue watching
Jan 11 China locks down a third city ahead of Olympics, confining 5.5 million more people to their homes By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people. Continue reading
Jan 05 In locked-down Chinese city, major drop in cases comes after stringent restrictions By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press China has reported a major drop in COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi'an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks that has sharply disrupted the lives of its 13 million residents. Continue reading
Dec 29 China says SpaceX satellites nearly collided with its three-member crew space station By Associated Press China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX nearly struck the station. Continue reading
Dec 23 Citing ‘legal risks’, last monument for Tiananmen massacre removed in Hong Kong By Zen Soo, Associated Press A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out the city's last place of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown. Continue reading
Dec 20 Peng Shuai denies making sexual assault allegation against top Chinese official By Associated Press Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied saying she was sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her that accused a former top Communist Party official of forcing her into sex. Continue reading
Dec 16 U.S. imposes sanctions on China over human rights abuses of Uighurs By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The Commerce Department is targeting China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and its 11 research institutes that focus on using biotechnology to support the Chinese military. Continue reading
Dec 09 Independent UK body says China committed genocide against Uighurs in Xinjiang By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press Tribunal chair Geoffrey Nice said the ruling was based on evidence that the Chinese government's forced birth control and sterilization policies were "intended to destroy a significant part" of the Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic group. Continue reading
Nov 24 China’s crackdown on #MeToo movement extends far beyond tennis star Peng Shuai By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press In China, tennis star Peng Shuai is just one of several people who have been hustled out of view, charged with crimes or trolled and silenced online for speaking out about the harassment, violence and discrimination women face every day. Continue reading