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Chinese make travel plans as Beijing dismantles zero-COVID rules

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by stringent COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening next month, even as rising infections strained the health system and roiled the economy.

Reuters

Xi urges steps to 'protect' lives as China relaxes Covid rules

China said Monday it would scrap mandatory quarantine on arrival, further unwinding years of strict virus controls as the country battles a surge in cases.

France 24

Concern grows as China stops announcing COVID cases

BEIJING -- The Chinese government announced Sunday that it will stop announcing new COVID-19 cases, which it had been doing every day thus far.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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China holds biggest military drill near Taiwan since Pelosi trip

China sent 71 warplanes near Taiwan as a part of its biggest display of military might since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the democratically run island, with Taipei accusing Beijing of “military intimidation”.

Bangkok Post

Taiwan Reports China's Largest Incursion Yet to Air Defense Zone

Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island's government said on Monday, the largest reported incursion to date. Of the aircraft, 43 also crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line, an unofficial buffer between the two…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'The ICU is full': medical staff on frontline of China's COVID fight say hospitals are 'overwhelmed'

In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this.

Reuters

China ‘sends record number of fighter jets’ toward Taiwan

China sends 71 planes and seven ships towards Taiwan in display of force over US defence support for self-ruled island.

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China to scrap Covid quarantine rule for inbound travellers

BEIJING: China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from Jan 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020.

Bangkok Post

Chinese military sends 71 planes near to Taiwan and blames U.S. for "provocation"

Beijing slammed the U.S. for passing a defense spending bill that included provisions for Taiwan.

Axios

Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as China limps towards living with COVID

Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday as China's two biggest cities edged closer to living with COVID-19 even as frontline medical workers scrambled to cope with millions of new infections.

Reuters

Taiwan reports China's largest incursion yet to air defence zone

Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone in the past 24 hours, the island's government said on Monday, the largest reported incursion to date.

Reuters

China to stop publishing daily COVID figures of cases, deaths

The decision by the NHC to scrap the daily virus count comes as COVID cases surge across multiple Chinese cities.

Al Jazeera

China Stages ‘Strike Drills’ around Taiwan, Citing Provocation

China's military said it had conducted "strike drills" in the sea and airspace around Taiwan on Sunday in response to unspecified "provocation" from the democratically-governed island and the United States. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained of repeated Chinese military activity nearby over the past three…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China stands ready to work with India: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi

BEIJING: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, on Sunday, said that China is ready to work with India through steady and sound growth of the relations, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website.

The Times of India

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Bangkok Post

Mid-January reopening of HK-China border planned

Hong Kong is aiming to reopen its border with China by mid-January, city leader John Lee announced on Saturday after returning from meetings in Beijing.

Reuters

Hong Kong aims for mid-January reopening of border with mainland China

Hong Kong will reopen its borders with mainland China by mid-January, city Chief Executive John Lee said on Saturday, as Beijing accelerates the unwinding of stringent COVID-19 rules that have battered economic growth.

The Independent UK

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns

As China grapples with its first-ever national COVID wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelmed

Tribune News Service

Blinken raises China’s COVID ‘transparency’ with his Chinese counterpart

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart that it was important for Beijing to be transparent about a growing COVID-19 outbreak, as questions mount about whether Chinese officials are trying to downplay the number of deaths.

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Fears of a 'dark COVID winter' in rural China grow as the holiday rush begins

Health officials are concerned that people traveling home to their villages for the Lunar New Year could turn celebrations into superspreader events, catching ill-prepared rural systems off guard.

Daily Mirror

China faces devastating 'thermonuclear' wave of Covid with fears one million will die

Experts have warned that China may see the country hit with 800 million Covid-19 cases in three months - with 60 per cent of the country to get infected between now and March

Daily Mirror

2008 Olympics footage 'shows time travel is real' after performer spotted with AirPods

Conspiracy theorists have claimed that 'time travel is real' after spotting a suspicious performer at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sporting a pair of 'AirPods'

The Independent UK

Xi reaffirms China's governing principle for Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to follow the “one country, two systems” governing principle for Hong Kong, saying it is the “best arrangement” to maintain the city’s prosperity and stability

Reuters

China's stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections

China is expecting a peak in COVID-19 infections within a week, a health official said, with authorities predicting extra strain on the country's health system even as they downplay the disease's severity and continue to report no new deaths.

Reuters

China lacked a 'zero COVID' exit plan. Its people are paying the price

At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-COVID policy on Dec. 7.

Foreign Policy

How China Botched the End of Zero-COVID

Other countries have successfully transitioned from strict lockdowns. Beijing has wasted the last three years.

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