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The Latest Breaking News from Beijing

China stocks, yuan slide as Beijing doubles down on ‘zero COVID’

Market jitters follow Beijing warning against any questioning of its controversial pandemic strategy.

Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping attacks ‘doubters’ as he doubles down on China’s zero-Covid policy

President defends ‘scientific and effective’ mass lockdowns despite protests, shortages and damage to economic growth

The Guardian - AU

Lockdowns, crackdowns, chew toys. Owning an illegal big dog in Beijing

In China’s strictest city for dog-owners, a growing community of big dog-lovers learns how to live on the wrong side of the law

Financial Times

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Xi Jinping moves to silence Covid Zero critics in sign of brewing tumult

BEIJING: China's top leaders warned against questioning Xi Jinping's Covid Zero strategy, striking a more defensive tone as pressure builds to relax virus curbs and protect the economic growth that has long been a source of Communist Party strength.

The Times of India

Why Solomon Islands' deal with Beijing is different to past agreements with Pacific nations

Experts say a new security agreement signed by Beijing and Honiara is "qualitatively different' to Beijing's past agreements with Pacific nations and the geopolitical context has changed.

ABC News

Beijing on high alert for Covid as people return to work after five-day break

Beijing is on high alert for Covid as people returned to work on Thursday following a five-day public holiday.

Evening Standard

Debate sparks over China's interest in Australian election

An Australian debate heated up Thursday when the defense minister said there was evidence the Chinese Communist Party wanted Australia’s government to change at the May 21 election because a center-left Labor Party administration would attempt to appease Beijing

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Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on 'zero-COVID' policy

Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after a muted five-day Labour Day holiday devoid of the usual trips across the country or lavish family dinners, as China pledged to fight any criticism of its uncompromising "zero-COVID" policy.

Reuters

Millions in Beijing Urged to Work from Home to Fight Covid Outbreak

Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holiday muted by the coronavirus curbs. Chinese authorities have pressed on with their zero-Covid policy involving lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak since the early days…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hong Kong reopens beaches, Beijing relaxes quarantine rules

Hong Kong is reopening beaches and pools in a relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, while China's capital Beijing is easing quarantine rules for arrivals from overseas

The Independent UK

‘No end in sight’: In Beijing, fears of Shanghai-style lockdown

Officials in Chinese capital have designated 518 coronavirus outbreak sites amid growing fears of a city-wide lockdown.

Al Jazeera

Biden says Olympians brought a bit of unity to weary nation

President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Beijing orders ‘stress test’ as fears of Russia-style sanctions mount

Exclusive: exercises are to prepare China for the possibility of similar embargos from the US and its allies

The Guardian - UK

Beijing to cut quarantine times for overseas arrivals - CCTV

Beijing will cut the time that people have to stay in quarantine facilities when they arrive in the city from overseas to 10 days, a city official said on Wednesday, according to state media.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

Beijing closes 15% of metro network amid fears of Covid breakout

Up to 15 per cent of the metro has been closed while a further 150 bus routes will also be shut.

Benzinga

DiDi Faces Double Whammy Of US, China Investigations

The U.S. SEC is probing DiDi Global Inc's (NYSE:DIDI) botched U.S. IPO, the Financial Times reports. DiDi's annual report disclosed that "the SEC contacted us and made inquiries in relation to the offering." DiDi President Jean Liu also made her posts on the Chinese social media platform Weibo Corporation (NASDAQ:WB) invisible to her 10 million…

Al Jazeera

Beijing imposes new transit restrictions in bid to contain COVID

As Omicron spreads, officials in China’s capital city are trying to avoid the kind of mass lockdown seen in Shanghai.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Closes Dozens of Subway Stations as Covid Controls Tighten

Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people.

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The Independent UK

Beijing closes 10% of subway stations to stem COVID spread

Beijing is closing some 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of coronavirus

The Guardian - AU

Beijing reopens mass isolation centre in fight against Covid

Chinese capital ramps up efforts to control Omicron outbreak and avoid lockdowns

Reuters

Beijing steps up COVID curbs as virus spreads in China

Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended COVID-19 curbs on many public venues on Wednesday, focusing efforts to avoid the fate of Shanghai, where millions have been under strict lockdown for more than a month.

Caixin Global

Beijing Postpones School Reopenings on Virus Concerns

Labor Day holiday extended by a week for students until May 11 as number of Covid cases in flare-up reaches 453 in 10 days

Benzinga

Full Truck Alliance Shift Up a Gear on Regulatory Easing Reports

Key Takeways: Full Truck Alliance shares are up 60% from a mid-March low, including a 32% gain since Friday, on reports that Beijing may ease its regulatory oversight of big tech companies Company is currently undergoing a data security review and said its business could contract in the second quarter…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oil Slips on China Demand Worries, While EU Weighs Russia Oil Ban

Oil slipped about 1% on Tuesday as concerns about the demand outlook due to prolonged COVID lockdowns in China outweighed support from a possible European oil embargo on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. Beijing, reporting dozens of new cases daily, is mass-testing residents to avert a lockdown similar to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fitch Cuts China's 2022 GDP Forecast on COVID Hit

Fitch said on Tuesday it has cut China's GDP growth forecast for 2022 to 4.3% from 4.8%, saying pandemic-related disruptions have had an impact on the country's economy in the first two quarters of the year. The rating agency said it stills expects a quarter-over-quarter GDP contraction in the second…

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