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COVID unleashed in Beijing shows rest of China what’s next

Beijing’s rapidly spreading COVID outbreak has turned the Chinese capital of 22 million people into a virtual ghost town as stores close and restaurants empty, underscoring the cost of President Xi Jinping’s sudden pivot away from COVID zero.

Tribune News Service

Chinese leaders vow to prop up COVID-battered economy as virus spreads

President Xi Jinping and his senior officials pledged to shore up China's battered economy next year as the deaths of two veteran state journalists highlighted the worsening spread of COVID-19 in the capital Beijing.

Reuters

Weekly Must-Read: Covid Chaos at China’s Hospitals as Stringent Control Policy Eases

Health care centers from Guangzhou to Shijiazhuang and Beijing are slammed amid surging infections and severe shortages of medical workers

Caixin Global

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2022 Notebook: Protests, strict COVID lockdowns tested China

After beginning 2022 by hosting a Winter Olympics inside a COVID bubble, China faced a tough year

The Independent UK

China urges action as ministers meet at U.N. nature summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the world to take action on preventing nature loss in a video message to ministers from more than 120 countries assembled in Montreal for the U.N. biodiversity summit, of which China holds the presidency.

Reuters

From zero-tolerance into the unknown – a visual guide to three years of Covid in China

In 2019, the world’s first Covid case was detected in Wuhan. This month China abruptly shifted away from efforts to eliminate the virus

The Guardian - AU

Germany’s Unlearned Lessons

Berlin must reduce its dependence not just on Russia but on China, too.

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All those in favour say Ai

For much of his life, Ai Weiwei has fought the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party. As he signs sheets of A4 in invisible ink at Speakers’ Corner — a reference to the protests currently going on in his home country — Kate Wills heads down to meet him

Evening Standard

China cranks up propaganda defending Xi Jinping as Covid cases explode

BEIJING: With Covid-19 running rampant after President Xi Jinping’s government swiftly abandoned its zero-tolerance policy, the Communist Party is still insisting its strategy will “stand the test of history.”

The Times of India

A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction

A week after China eased some of its strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction of the pandemic

The Independent UK

China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-COVID' turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years.

Reuters

Relaxed COVID rules, deadly crowd crushes mark year in Asia

Natural disasters and crowd-related tragedies claimed hundreds of lives in Asia and overshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic, with most countries easing or completely lifting the tough restrictions of the previous two years. Even China, the last major country to try to control virus transmission through a “zero-COVID” strategy, relaxed the rigorous…

The Independent UK

Even in a brutal year for tech, these 5 companies, collectives, and chiefs flopped the hardest

FTX’s venture capital patrons, a former social media executive, and a onetime pandemic darling all fell on their face in 2022.

Fortune

China removes six officials after Manchester consulate incident, UK says

China has removed six officials from Britain who police wanted to question over the treatment of a man who said he was kicked and punched while protesting outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, British foreign minister James Cleverly said.

Reuters

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The News Lens

A Step-up for China’s Involvement in the Middle East

Beijing will soon supplant Washington as a dominant security partner – and the Arab world sees a chance for leverage.

The Independent UK

China reduces COVID-19 case number reporting as virus surges

China’s National Health Commission is scaling down its daily COVID-19 report in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased anti-virus measures after daily cases hit record highs

Al Jazeera

When will global gas prices go down to pre-Ukraine war levels?

Energy analysts explain why much of the world can expect high prices for at least the next two years.

The Conversation

Xi Jinping's reelection may help Indonesian economy, but protests may worsen anti-Chinese sentiments

Chinese President Xi Jinping has been reelected as the Secretary General of China Communist Party (CCP), making him secure an unprecedented third term as the country’s leader.

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Some Chinese university students to return home to reduce Lunar New Year COVID spread

Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential of a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.09% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.66%

Reuters

Putin, Xi to hold talks by year-end - Vedomosti

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold talks to discuss the events of 2022 in late December, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

China students return home amid COVID travel spread fears

Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential for a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush

Caixin Global

China and Saudi Arabia Agree on $50 Billion of Deals

Saudi investment minister puts a value on a raft of accords signed last week during President Xi Jinping’s state visit, Bloomberg reports

Fortune

Japan and the Netherlands just picked sides in the U.S.-China cold war over chips. Here’s what they chose

The two American allies are signing on to the U.S. offensive against China’s flagging chip industry.

France 24

Xi Jinping in Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's royal welcome of Chinese president worries the West

The red carpet has been rolled out for Chinese President Xi Jinping in Riyadh. Xi is set to meet some 30 heads of state and businesses during his three-day state visit. China is the top customer for Saudi oil and both sides are keen to expand their relationship at a…

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