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China reports 21 fresh cases of Covid; 5 each in Beijing and Shanghai

China reported 21 locally transmitted confirmed Covd-19 cases, including 11 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and five each in Beijing and Shanghai in the past 24 hours

China leans on state-owned policy banks to deliver $120 billion stimulus

President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out effort to boost infrastructure this year, turning to an old playbook of driving up growth through public investment

Beijing man sends 5,000 into quarantine after breaking Covid rule

A man in Beijing is under criminal probe after he skipped out on mandated Covid-19 home isolation, prompting authorities to send his more than 5,000 neighbours into home or government quarantine

Beijing reports no community transmission of Covid-19 since May 27

But the Chinese capital reported seven new locally transmitted Covid-19 infections from the end of Saturday to 3 p.m. Sunday

Shanghai edges towards Covid reopening as Beijing plans to ease curbs

Shanghai officials urged continued vigilance, even though the vast majority of its 25 million residents live in areas that are in the lowest-risk 'prevention' category

Beijing says Covid-19 outbreak under control as city to relax curbs

Most public transportation services including buses, subways and taxis will resume in three districts including Chaoyang, according to Xu Hejian, a spokesman for the Beijing city govt

China's industrial profits slump in April as Covid curbs squeeze firms

Industrial output from the commercial hub of Shanghai, located at the heart of manufacturing in the Yangtze River Delta, nosedived 61.5% in April

China logs 80 new local Covid-19 cases, 45 in Shanghai; 22 in Beijing

A total of 216 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, the National Health Commission said in its Friday report

Tightening Covid net, Beijing deals out punishments, stark warnings

Shanghai, which is aiming for a June 1 complete exit from a stringent city-wide lockdown, is gradually and cautiously unwinding COVID curbs

Message from Tokyo

The Quad meet upped the ante against Beijing

China's bet on homegrown coronavirus vaccines holds back country

China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best protection against Covid

Beijing bristles at Joe's 'yes' for US intervention if China invades Taiwan

A surprised and agitated Beijing on Monday denounced President Joe Biden's assertion that the US would intervene militarily along with Japan if China invaded self-ruled Taiwan

As Covid becomes threat to the economy, how can Chinese leaders rescue it?

More than two years after a deadly strain of coronavirus was first identified in the central city of Wuhan, China remains locked in a COVID crisis

Beijing extends work-from-home, orders mass testing as Covid cases rise

Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of Covid-19 again rose in the city.

Pakistani FM Bhilawal Bhutto Zardari visits China for bilateral talks

This would be the Minister's first bilateral visit abroad since assuming office in April, the Ministry said, adding that it is "part of the high-level exchanges between the two sides"

Shanghai makes way towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

Shanghai cautiously works to restore transport services; Shanghai reports mostly zero new community cases this week; Beijing on edge as new infections keep appearing

China reports 181 new local cases of Covid; one death in Shanghai

Despite Beijing's claim of a 'Zero Covid-19 Policy' in the country, the covid cases in China have been witnessing a surge on a regular basis

Shanghai inches towards Covid lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence

Shanghai's lockdown since the beginning of April has dealt a heavy economic blow to China's most populous city, stirred debate over the sustainability of the nation's zero-COVID policy

Beijing extends Covid control measures amid community transmission

Beijing will extend strict and tight Covid-19 control measures as hidden community-level transmission has been discovered through recent screenings, a municipal official said.

China cuts borrowing rate more than expected to revive housing sector

China, in a monthly fixing, lowered the five-year loan prime rate (LPR) by 15 basis points to 4.45%, the biggest reduction since China revamped the mechanism in 2019