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Chinese City Seeing Half a Million Covid Cases a Day

Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgment that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics. China this month has rapidly dismantled key pillars…

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TV Newsance 195: Covid in China and Bharat Jodo Yatra as a ‘superspreader’

The big news of the week is the rapid spread of Covid in China. We look at China’s zero-Covid policy, why it failed and what’s really happening in our neighbouring country with the big Omicron spike. Should India be worried? Meanwhile, Arnab Goswami, Navika Kumar and the usual suspects on…

Newslaundry

Chinese city seeing half a million Covid cases a day

Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics.

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Tribune News Service

Global economic and investment outlook for 2023

Looking at the global economy as we prepare to enter 2003, three observations stand out:

Bangkok Post

The World in 2022: Putin's Ukraine war, China crowns Xi, UK after the Queen, Qatar's World Cup

After Covid came war in Europe. 2022 will be remembered as the year that Vladimir Putin surprised even his own army with a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. François Picard's panel weighs the consequences for the planet.

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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.

WEKU

Chinese ambassador says Ukraine crisis has hurt relations with EU -report

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put China in a "very difficult position" for its bilateral relations with the European Union, Fu Cong, the Chinese ambassador to the EU, was quoted as saying in an interview with the South China Morning Post published on Friday.

Reuters

China estimates 37 million infected with Covid in a single day

Minutes reported to be from the country’s National Health Commission (NHC) reveal that 284 million people – almost 18 per cent of China’s population – are believed to have caught the virus in the first 20 days of December

Evening Standard

Japan Steps Up

Asia’s rising threats have convinced Tokyo to abandon its defense taboos.

Foreign Affairs

Daily Dose Ep 1233: 16 killed in Sikkim road accident, Charles Sobhraj released

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Sikkim, China, Delhi, Nepal and the Koreas.

Newslaundry

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

Tesla China Boss May Be Prepping For Major Promotion, New Details

Not long ago, we learned that CEO Elon Musk may appoint Tesla China's Tom Zhu to the position of global CEO. However, new details suggest a different promotion.

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Al Jazeera

One-day tally of COVID cases in China hits 37 million: Report

The latest figures deviate significantly from official data sparking concerns over China’s transparency on the issue.

Al Jazeera

Japan unveils record defence budget amid regional security fears

The cabinet’s nod for a 20-percent rise in military spending is a deviation from pacifist post-WWII self-defence policy.

The Independent UK

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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

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The Times of India

Sensex, Nifty plunge for 4th day in a row: Top reasons behind market fall

NEW DELHI: Equity indices crashed for the 4th straight session on Friday as all sectors ended in red amid dampened sentiments from investors.

Caixin Global

Opinion: Why China’s Covid Health Codes Should Be Abandoned

Three experts weigh in on why authorities ought to scrap the once ubiquitous code and whether the underlying technology can be harnessed for other uses

Fortune

Tencent CEO Pony Ma blasts employees for laziness, not cutting costs

Tencent, the world's largest game developer, has had to survive a crackdown in China and a slowing global game market.

Fortune

Years of global supply chain chaos could be a nearshoring jackpot for the Americas in 2023

China's status as the factory of the world is diminishing, and Latin America is getting ready to step up.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Ballot for all: Let Puerto Rico have a binding vote on its status

We talk a lot in these pages about self-determination, whether it be for the people of Iran, China, Ukraine or elsewhere where the preferences of ordinary folks are made secondary to grander designs by self-appointed leaders (including certain U.S. leaders who would like to choose their voters as opposed to…

The Independent UK

Tomahawks part of Japan's record defense spending next year

Japan’s Cabinet has approved record defense spending next year in preparation for the country deploying U.S.-made Tomahawks and other long-range cruise missiles as part of a more offensive security strategy

Reuters

Japan to hike annual defence budget by a quarter to buy Tomahawks and other weapons

Japan on Friday said it will hike defence spending by more than a quarter next year including $1.6 billion to buy U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles that will be part of its biggest military build-up since World War Two.

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