China’s Top Health Body Gets New Party Chief Lei Haichao is promoted from vice minister, while ministerial role remains empty Caixin Global · May 6, 2024
China urged to provide more data on COVID infections China’s announcement that it had almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths in a month has spurred new calls for the government to provide more data about the wave of infections that is sweeping the country. Tribune News Service · Jan 15, 2023
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 · Dec 24, 2022
Xi puts ideology before economy with market-busting lockdowns China’s worst equity selloff since early 2020 reflects a growing concern about President Xi Jinping: He can’t afford the political costs of shifting from a COVID Zero strategy that is pummeling the economy. Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022
Shanghai reports seven more Covid deaths as virus situation remains grim BEIJING: Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to Covid-19 as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak, taking the total death toll in the country to 4,648 with over 21,400 new cases, most of them from the city. The Times of India · Apr 19, 2022