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Shanghai cautiously eases lockdown as deaths rise

Shanghai further eased its weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite mounting deaths and tens of thousands of new cases -- but some residents are furious...

Shanghai eases COVID lockdown

Shanghai further eased its grueling, weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of thousands of daily cases. China’s largest...

Boris Johnson to face MPs’ fury over ‘partygate’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face angry lawmakers Tuesday for the first time since being fined for breaking the law, as the "partygate"...

Shanghai reports more deaths as COVID-19 toll rises

China reported seven new deaths from COVID-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, raising the official toll after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis...

Fire incidents on the rise as COVID lockdowns ease

The Bureau of Fire Protection said there was a 12.9 percent spike in fire incidents from January to February compared to the same period...

Shanghai lockdown snarls world’s busiest port, supply chains

By Beiyi Seow Beijing, China—Shanghai’s grinding coronavirus lockdown is slowly clogging China’s supply chains, as delays hit the world’s busiest container port where staff are...

Millions under lockdown anew in Shanghai

Millions of people in China’s financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into lockdown to...

China locks down city of 9 million as virus ripples across country

China locked down an industrial city of nine million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases on Tuesday, as the nation's "zero-Covid"...

Shenzhen eases lockdown rules as COVID gnaws at China economy

Beijing, China—China’s southern tech powerhouse Shenzhen has partially eased lockdown measures after President Xi Jinping stressed the need to “minimize the impact” of the...

Shenzhen lockdown unnerves investors

BEIJING, China—Its factories tool the world with mobile phones, while some of China’s best tech brains go there to churn out apps and games—but...

30 million under China lockdown as COVID surges

Beijing—Nearly 30 million people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases prompted the return of mass tests and hazmat-suited health...

As virus cases surge, can China’s zero-COVID strategy hold?

"There has been a grinding impact on ordinary lives." China, the country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019, is among the last remaining...

China records nearly 3,400 daily virus cases in worst outbreak in two years

Chinese health authorities reported nearly 3,400 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, double the previous day, forcing lockdowns on virus hotspots as the country contends with...

China locks down city of 3.5 million near Vietnam border

A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there...
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