The Latest Breaking News from China

Column: 'Games must go on' spiel grows weaker by the day

If you thought last summer's Tokyo Games were hollowed out, AP Sports Columnist Jim Litke writes: Just wait

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.91% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 1.19%

Caixin Global · Jan 21, 2022

China, Russia Block US Push for UN Sanctions on N.Koreans

China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats told AFP. China's block came before a new closed-door Security Council meeting on North Korea, also requested by Washington, and was followed by…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 21, 2022

Why Alibaba, Baidu And Other Tech Stocks Are Falling In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies traded mostly lower in Hong Kong on Friday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory.

Benzinga · Jan 21, 2022

Biden-Kishida talks to touch on North Korea, China

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold their first formal talks on Friday as the two leaders face fresh concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program and China’s growing military assertiveness

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

‘Not sustainable’: Omicron tests China’s zero Covid policy as first cases detected

With the Winter Olympics imminent, experts predict more extreme measures but question strategy’s wisdom

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2022

As costs mount, how long can China stick with ‘zero COVID’?

Omicron has raised questions about the sustainability of Beijing’s lockdowns and border closures.

Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2022

Hong Kong warns people to stop trying to prevent COVID hamster cull

Hong Kong police will deal with pet lovers who try to stop people giving up their hamsters to be put down, or who offer to care for abandoned hamsters, authorities said, after they ordered a cull of the cuddly rodents to curb the coronavirus.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

China's local COVID cases fall while infections grow in Beijing city

China reported on Friday the lowest daily tally of confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in nearly two months, while infections edged up in the capital Beijing amid high virus alert before its hosting of the Winter Olympics Games.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

Biden’s team says it’s on alert for omicron disruptions in China

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is monitoring real-time data obtained from businesses operating in China to determine whether outbreaks of the omicron variant of coronavirus pose a risk to U.S. supply chains, an administration official said.

Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2022