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Beijing schools to start holiday one day earlier due to Covid-19

Students will start the holiday on Friday as classes have been called off for one day over Covid-19, Li Yi, a spokesperson with the Municipal Education Commission, told a press briefing on Thursday

Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of Covid-19 pandemic rules

Students make up more than 30 per cent of total cases, with clusters linked to six schools and two kindergartens in Chaoyang

EU backs Lithuania's plan to aid firms amid China's trade restrictions

The European Commission said in a statement that the scheme will be open to companies from all sectors, except for the finance, agriculture and forestry, as well as fisheries and aquaculture sector

As Shanghai struggles with coronavirus, focus on Beijing as cases rise

A Shanghai health official told a press briefing that the pandemic is still developing at a "high level" as the city of 25 million recorded more than 2,000 fresh cases and over 39 new deaths

Beijing reports 29 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases: Authorities

A total of 70 local infections have been logged since Friday, said Pang Xinghuo, Deputy Head of the Beijing municipal disease prevention and control center

Fears of global slowdown hit global equities, EU stocks, commodity prices

Asian markets had suffered their worst day in over a month overnight on fears that Beijing was about to go back into a Covid-19 lockdown

China lockdown fears rip through markets as stocks, commodities, Yuan tank

A Covid flareup that shut down much of Shanghai appeared to worsen over the weekend after China ordered mandatory tests in a district of Beijing and locked down some areas of the capital

China reports 2,666 new local coronavirus cases, 51 deaths in last 24 hours

Of the new local cases, 2,472 infections were reported in Shanghai while the rest of the cases were reported in 17 other provincial-level regions

Covid: Beijing on alert to curb clusters; Shanghai sees 39 deaths in a day

The city went on high alert after 10 middle school students tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday following which city officials suspended classes in the school for a week

Beijing on alert after 10 students test Covid positive in school

City officials suspended classes in the school for a week following the positive test results. The Chinese capital also reported four other confirmed cases on Friday that were counted separately

China logs 2,971 new Covid cases in a day, of which 2,736 in Shanghai

Besides Shanghai, the rest of the local cases were reported in 16 other provincial-level regions including 136 in the northeastern province of Jilin, and six in Beijing

China's Shanghai reports eight more Covid deaths, toll goes up to 25

Apart from Shanghai, 17 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local Covid-19 cases, including 95 in the north-eastern province of Jilin, and one in Beijing, the Commission report said

Sri Lanka's Beijing envoy confident of getting assistance from China

Sri Lankan ambassador to China, Palitha Kohona says that China is ready to support the island nation with almost $2.5 billion in finances.

Debt-trap diplomacy: Should China be blamed for Pakistan, Sri Lanka crises?

China exacerbated but didn't mostly cause the problem whose roots lay in borrowing countries' broken politics and economic mismanagement. The loans may only have solved some problems, writes T N Ninan

Poll confirms popular rejection of China's unification attempts in Taiwan

The survey found that 88.6 per cent approved of the government seeking closer cooperation with other democracies in order to safeguard peace in the Taiwan Strait

World stocks cling to week's gains, Biden talks Russia with Beijing

US stocks were also set for a pause, with trading on Wall Street likely to be bumpy due to 'triple witching' as investors unwind positions in futures and options contracts before expiry

Decisions China makes regarding Russia to be watched closely: White House

The decisions China makes regarding Russia are going to be watched by the world, the White House has said, amid reports of Beijing trying to help Moscow either militarily or financially in Ukraine war

US trying to create Asian NATO with blocs to 'suppress' China: FM Wang Yi

The US is staging a 5 (Five eyes) 4 (Quad) 3 (AUKUS) 2 (bilateral military alliances) posture' in the Asia Pacific

New Indian ambassador to China arrives in Beijing, undergoing quarantine

India's new ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat has arrived in the country and is undergoing mandatory quarantine for the COVID-19, the Indian embassy here said on Friday.

US Senators propose bill to sanction Beijing in event of Taiwan invasion

Amid China's growing military aggression towards Taiwan, 3 US senators have proposed a bill that would allow for the imposition of financial sanctions against China in event of an attack on Taiwan