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As COVID-hit China opens up to travel, others secure their doors

Japan joined India Tuesday in imposing restrictions on Chinese visitors as Beijing relaxed its norms for travellers.

Al Jazeera

Taiwan increases its compulsory military service as it faces pressure from China

China has stepped up its military harassment of Taiwan, sending fighter planes and navy vessels toward the island on a near-daily basis in recent years.

WEKU

Tesla China Calls Media Reports Of Shutdown Inaccurate

Tesla's China factory has been breaking many records. The media reported that production has stopped, citing demand issues. Tesla, again, says otherwise.

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1 China Stock to Buy When Others Are Fearful

China’s strict COVID policy has impacted the country’s production recently. However, with the economy opening up, analysts expect the country to be back on its growth path soon. Given this backdrop, the fundamentally strong online retailer Vipshop Holdings (VIPS) could be a solid buy at the current price level. Read…

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Coronavirus: Will the Omicron BF.7 lead to another wave of COVID-19? Symptoms to not confuse with cold or flu

Just as we thought the pandemic was coming to an end, the surge in COVID-19 cases in China has alarmed people around the world. The latest variant - BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron - is believed to be driving the increasing number of infections in the country, despite the Zero COVID…

The Times of India

All arrivals from China to undergo test for COVID

The government has decided to test all those entering Japan from mainland China for the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Taiwan Extends Compulsory Military Service to 1 Year

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday, as the self-ruled island faces China's military, diplomatic and trade pressure. Taiwan, which split from the mainland in 1949 during a civil war, is claimed by China. The decades-old…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Editorial: Protests in Iran and China, and defense of Ukraine, exemplify human yearning for liberty

The human spirit yearns for freedom and rebels against a regrettably human penchant for asserting dominion over others. The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to stem the spread of disease fed a streak of authoritarian nationalism in some nations such as Hungary and Brazil — so it’s a welcome surprise to…

Los Angeles Times

Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year

Taiwan will extend its compulsory military service from four months to a year starting in 2024

The Independent UK

Chinese Make Travel Plans as COVID Rules Ease Further

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections strained the health system and roiled the economy. Zero-tolerance measures - from shuttered borders to frequent lockdowns - have battered…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Oil Hits Three-Week High as China Eases COVID Curbs

Oil hit a three-week high on Tuesday as China's latest easing of COVID-19 restrictions spurred hopes of a fuel demand recovery, with further support coming from cuts to US energy production caused by winter storms. China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine, starting from Jan. 8, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Companies welcome end to China quarantines for visitors

Companies have welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity, while Japan announced restrictions on visitors from the country as infections surge

The Independent UK

Doctors struggling in fight against China Covid wave as people PAID to have vaccine

China abruptly dropped many of its pandemic restrictions earlier this month, sparking widespread outbreaks that have swamped A&Es and funeral homes

Daily Mirror

Japan to require COVID tests for all visitors from China

Japan will require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China as a temporary emergency measure against the surging infections there after Beijing largely abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy

The Independent UK

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Reuters

No immediate surge of Chinese tourists expected after re-opening

China's relaxation of COVID-19 rules for international arrivals has raised hopes that its multi-billion dollar travel business will soon flourish again but countries longing for the return of Chinese tourists will likely face more of a wait.

Reuters

India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long shadow

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.

ABC News

Taiwan to extend military service to one year to preserve 'democracy and freedom' amid growing China threat

President Tsai Ing-wen announces that compulsory military service will be extended from four months to one year, after reporting China's largest-ever incursion into the island's air defence zone.

The Conversation

Five space exploration missions to look out for in 2023

It’s been an eventful year for space exploration, with successes including the completion of Nasa’s Artemis 1 mission (finally), the inauguration of the James Webb Space Telescope, and the completion of China’s Tiangong space station.

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Fosun app lets China users get BioNTech COVID vaccines in Hong Kong

China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group said users of its mobile health app in China can now register to take COVID-19 booster shots in Hong Kong using BioNTech's vaccine.

Bangkok Post

Exports drop 6.0% in Nov, slightly worse than forecast

Thailand's exports dropped for a second straight month in November and by more than expected, due to a global slowdown and China's lockdown measures, the Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday.

France 24

Joy in China as mandatory Covid quarantine for inbound travellers set to end

In a snap move late Monday, China said from January 8 inbound travellers would no longer be required to quarantine on arrival in a further unwinding of hardline Covid-19 controls that had torpedoed the country's economy and sparked nationwide protests.

Reuters

China will publish COVID data once a month when disease comes under Category B management

China will eventually publish data on COVID-19 cases once a month when the disease comes under Category B management, an official at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.98% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 1.16%

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Global Economy Caught Between Wars and Geopolitical Conflicts

There is a saying, "When the US economy sneezes, the emerging markets get a cold." The global economy now may be more complex: it is more resilient in terms of where new economic growth emerges, but more vulnerable in terms of risk emanating from the United States, but also in…

The Independent UK

Shares gain in Asia after China relaxes more COVID rules

Shares have advanced in Asia after China announced it would relax more of its pandemic restrictions despite widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 that are straining its medical systems and disrupting economic activity

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