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Can a Million Chinese People Die and Nobody Know?

Official statistics on COVID can’t be trusted, because they serve Beijing’s political interests. Making the dead disappear is only part of it.

The Atlantic

China's COVID-19 epidemic has 'basically' ended, but not completely over

Health authorities in China said on Thursday the country's COVID-19 epidemic has "basically" ended, but it is not completely over as it found seven imported cases of the highly-transmissible XBB.1.5 variant since Jan. 8.

Reuters

South Korea Will End Testing for Travelers From China

The decision comes as the positive Covid rate for arrivals from China fell to less than 1% this week from more than 18% at the beginning of January

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South Korea to scrap COVID test on arrival rule for travellers from China

South Korea will not require travellers from China to test for COVID-19 upon arrivals from next month although they will still need to take pre-departure tests, a South Korean official said on Wednesday, its latest easing of rules to stop the virus.

Reuters

World's Failure to Wipe Out Covid Bodes Badly for Next Pandemic

Virus elimination has fallen from grace, leaving experts divided on how best to contain infectious diseases.

Bloomberg

China claims ‘decisive victory’ over Covid amid doubt over figures

More than 200m people treated for virus and death rate now ‘lowest in the world’, says government

The Guardian - UK

France lifts Covid testing requirement for travellers from China

France has dropped Covid testing restrictions imposed on travellers from China, the French embassy in Beijing has announced.

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China declares 'decisive victory' over COVID-19

China's top leaders declared a "decisive victory" over COVID-19, claiming the world's lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing's data as the coronovirus tore across the country after largely being kept at bay for three years.

Reuters

China says 200 million treated, pandemic 'decisively' beaten

China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November

The Independent UK

WHO Calls on China to Cooperate as It Pushes for Covid Answers

The World Health Organization is calling for more cooperation from China in its search for the origins of Covid-19, a topic back in the news after a scientific journal reported the agency shelved its investigation over a lack of collaboration.

Bloomberg

Bodies of missing men found – as it happened

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China to resume visas for South Koreans after COVID row

Move comes after Seoul last week scrapped COVID-related travel restrictions for arrivals from China.

Al Jazeera

China’s world-beating drop in COVID deaths revives data concerns

China is posting the steepest drop in COVID deaths among more than 20 places hit hardest by omicron, reviving questions about its virus data and the true impact of the reopening wave as Beijing works to move on from the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

China’s World-Beating Drop in Covid Deaths Revives Data Concerns

China is posting the steepest drop in Covid deaths among more than 20 places hit hardest by omicron, reviving questions about its virus data and the true impact of the reopening wave as Beijing works to move on from the pandemic.

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Bangkok Post

TAT upgrades arrival tally from India

India’s decision to scrap a negative RT-PCR Covid test requirement for return travellers from Thailand from Feb 13 should accelerate the tourism recovery amid a sluggish Chinese market, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).

The Times of India

No pre-departure Covid test and air suvidha for people coming from China, 5 other nations from February 13

NEW DELHI: Passengers coming to India from or via Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and China will from 11 am on Monday (February 13) neither require a negative report from a pre-departure Covid test, nor need to upload self-health declaration on “air suvidha” portal.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Border controls for China visitors likely to be eased

The government is looking to ease COVID-19-related border control measures for visitors from China as early as late February, it has been learned.

Bangkok Post

Covid fears, high prices curb Chinese group tours

China's travel agencies have resumed promotion of overseas package tours in an effort to jump start the tourism sector, but they could face a hard time finding customers ready to travel abroad.

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The Top 3 Chinese Stocks to Buy and Watch in 2023

After bottoming out at the end of the previous year, a resurgent China is prioritizing economic growth over its protracted attachment to zero covid policy. Hence, it could be the perfect opportunity to invest in growing Chinese stocks Hello Group (MOMO), Waterdrop (WDH), and Tarena International (TEDU) for outsized gains…

Wales Online

No new Covid variants found in China following ending of zero-Covid policy

China saw a surge in cases of Covid after finally lifting its strict restrictions in December

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study: No New Variants in Weeks after China Ended Zero-Covid

No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday. China saw an explosion of infections after starting to lift its strict pandemic measures from early December, sparking fears the world's most populous country…

AFP

No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study

Paris (AFP) - No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

China to reopen borders with Hong Kong, Macau after COVID closure

Borders have been closed for nearly three years, separating families and disrupting tourism and other businesses.

The Independent UK

China, Hong Kong scrap cross-border travel quota, COVID test

Travel between Hong Kong and China will no longer require COVID-19 PCR tests nor be held to a daily limit as both places seek to drive economic growth

Caixin Global

Beijing to Fully Reopen Border Between Mainland and Hong Kong, Macao

Covid test requirements and quotas will be scrapped starting Feb. 6 for travel to and from the two special administrative regions

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