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Wed, 12 Jan 2022 16:29:23 +0800
Dalian Covid cases linked to Tianjin Omicron outbreak
New locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on the mainland have jumped by more than 50 percent from Tuesday. The National Health Commission reported 166 new local infections on Wednesday, many of which are either in Tianjin or linked to the massive north...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:41:46 +0800
China inflation falls below 1 percent in 2021
The mainland's consumer price index (CPI) climbed 0.9 percent last year, well below Beijing's annual inflation target of approximately 3 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Consumer prices rose 2.5 percent and 2.9 percent in 2...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:06:36 +0800
Mainland producer inflation drops for a second month
China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, rose 10.3 percent in December from the same month last year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Wednesday. That is down from the 12.9 perc...

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:53:13 +0800
Cases jump in suspected Omicron outbreak in Henan
Another 58 local Covid-19 infections, possibly linked to the outbreak of the Omicron variant in Tianjin, have been reported in Anyang City, in the north of Henan Province. The Xinhua News Agency said 84 locally-transmitted cases have now been confir...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:20:10 +0800
Two Omicron cases confirmed in central Henan Province
The outbreak of the highly-transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant has spread from Tianjin to the central province of Henan. Two local Covid-19 infections in Anyang City, in the north of Henan, were confirmed to be caused by the Omicron variant, l...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:54:32 +0800
Tianjin starts citywide Covid testing
Authorities in Tianjin have ordered citywide Covid testing after 20 people tested positive for the virus, authorities said on Sunday. Xinhua News Agency reported that the infections were found on Friday and Saturday in the Jinnan district and at ...

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 10:01:42 +0800
Mainland sees slight increase in Covid cases
The mainland reported 165 confirmed coronavirus cases for Saturday, up from 159 a day earlier, its health authority said on Sunday. Of the new infections, 92 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, from ...

Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:32:39 +0800
Mainland reports 95 new local Covid cases
The National Health Commission on Saturday reported 95 new local coronavirus cases. It said 46 were reported in Shaanxi, 43 in Henan, four in Zhejiang, and two in Guangdong. Also reported were 64 new imported cases in 10 provincial-level regions,...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:34:11 +0800
Blast rips through Chongqing canteen, people trapped
At least 20 people were trapped after an explosion on Friday caused a building housing a government canteen to collapse in Chongqing. The blast at 12:10pm was caused by a "suspected gas leak" in a canteen and caused a neighbourhood committee buildin...

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:14:32 +0800
Local Covid transmission persists in Henan, Shaanxi
The National Health Commission has confirmed another 116 locally transmitted Covid-19 infections in its daily report on Friday, according to the Xinhua New Agency. Shaanxi - where the provincial capital Xi'an remains in lockdown - accounted for 57 o...

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:11:21 +0800
Tighter pandemic controls imposed ahead of Olympics
More cities and areas in Henan have resorted to tough curbs as the central province reported 64 new locally-transmitted coronavirus infections, 50 of them in Xuchang. Nine asymptomatic carriers were also identified, most of them in the provincial cap...

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:40:48 +0800
Another 35 cases reported in Shaanxi outbreak
The National Health Commission has confirmed another 35 cases of locally-transmitted Covid-19 in Shaanxi, where the huge city of Xi'an has been locked down for nearly two weeks. In total 41 community infections were reported today, according to the ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:27:21 +0800
Fourteen killed in Guizhou landslide
The death toll from a landslide that hit Bijie City in Guizhou province on Monday has climbed to 14, Xinhua News Agency quoted local authorities as saying. The landslide took place at a construction site at around 7pm on Monday, Xinhua said. . As of...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:53:25 +0800
China locks down Yuzhou after infections reported
More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown. Beijing has pursued a "zero Covid" approach with t...

Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:52:46 +0800
15 injured as earthquake hits Yunnan
Fifteen people were injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern China on Sunday afternoon and shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Yunnan Province at 3:02pm, according to the provincial seismological ...

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:48:31 +0800
Students get New Year chat with Tiangong astronauts
Three mainland astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station chatted with youngsters from Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing via video conference on Saturday to mark the start of 2022. The three - Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu - arrived at ...

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 10:04:57 +0800
Mainland reports 231 new Covid cases, mainly in Xian
The mainland reported 231 new confirmed coronavirus cases for December 31, up from 195 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Saturday. Of the new infections, 175 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Heal...

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:32:35 +0800
2021 a year of exceptional significance: Xi Jinping
President Xi Jinping has on Friday described 2021 as "a year of exceptional significance", in his New Year address aired on New Year’s Eve. “We have lived through landmark events in the history of our Party and our country. At the historical co...

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:56:08 +0800
No tattoos for mainland football players
Chinese authorities have banned footballers from getting tattoos and instructed national team players who have been inked to remove or cover them up to set a "good example for society". A growing number of high-profile Chinese players have been spor...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:15:56 +0800
Mainland reports 182 new local Covid cases
The mainland on Monday recorded 182 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday. Of the new local cases, 180 were reported in Shaanxi, and one each in Zhejiang and Yunnan, the commission...



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