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Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:17:30 +0800
China reports rise in Covid infections
Mainland authorities on Monday reported an increase in Covid-19 infections, with Jilin province continuing to be hardest hit. In total, the National Health Commission said 1,947 confirmed symptomatic local cases were reported on Sunday, compared wi...

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:02:19 +0800
China on right side of history over Ukraine: Wang Yi
China stands on the right side of history over the Ukraine crisis as time will tell, and its position is in line with the wishes of most countries, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. "China will never accept any external coercion or pressure, and oppose...

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:33:12 +0800
Jilin reports most local Covid cases, again
Jilin has again accounted for the highest number of new local Covid-19 infections among all provinces. The National Health Commission confirmed 1,656 new local cases and 2,177 additional local asymptomatic infections on the mainland in the past day,...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 13:02:13 +0800
China reports first Covid deaths in more than a year
Chinese authorities have reported the first two Covid-19 deaths in the mainland in more than a year, both coming in the northeastern province of Jilin as the country faces its worst case upsurge since the pandemic's outset. The deaths were the first...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:47:37 +0800
China, US must cooperate for peace, Xi tells Biden
President Xi Jinping told US leader Joe Biden that the two nations must work together for world peace and tranquility, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The two leaders spoke on Friday evening for the first time since November, in a video call re...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:18:06 +0800
Mainland sees rebound in new Covid infections
Parts of Shenzhen returned to business as usual on Friday, as authorities say the Covid-19 situation there is now largely under control following a lockdown and two rounds of universal testing. This comes amid a spike in the number of new Covid-19 c...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:14:59 +0800
Xi Jinping, Joe Biden to hold talks
President Xi Jinping will hold talks with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, on Friday. The Foreign Ministry said the two leaders will exchange views on bilateral relations and issues of common concern on Friday evening, Beijing time. The White House a...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 21:31:20 +0800
Macau to impose lockdown if massive outbreak occurs
Macau authorities said the SAR could enter a citywide lockdown if a large-scale Covid-19 outbreak happens there. The Macau government on Thursday announced a raft of measures to fight a potential community outbreak. Announcing the emergency pandem...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 18:45:32 +0800
'China must boost vaccination and treatment capacity'
A mainland infectious disease expert said on Thursday that he believes China’s Covid-19 strategy has shifted to freeing up medical facilities for those who are most in need of treatment. Zhang Wenhong’s remarks came just days after mainland aut...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:56:01 +0800
Shenzhen firms to resume work 'gradually'
Companies in Shenzhen, that halted operations under the city-wide lockdown imposed on Sunday to tackle rising Covid-19 cases, will be allowed to resume work and production gradually by area and industry type, a local government official said on Thurs...

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 11:04:49 +0800
Mainland sees drop in new Covid infections
The number of locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on the mainland continued to drop on Thursday, to 1,226. That was a decline of more than 30 percent from the 1,860 reported the day before, after a peak in the latest outbreak of 3,507 on Tuesday. Th...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:29:09 +0800
Mainland home prices little changed last month
China continued to see a generally stable housing market in February, with home prices in 70 major cities showing only slight month-on-month increases, according to the Xinhua news agency, quoting official data. New home prices in four first-tier ci...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:32:35 +0800
Jilin hardest hit as mainland adds 1,860 infections
The mainland reported 1,860 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, down from 3,507 the day before. Jilin province remains the hardest-hit in the mainland's biggest outbreak since the pandemic began, with nearly 80 percent of the new infect...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:02:16 +0800
China 'impartial' on Ukraine, denies aiding Russia
Beijing said on Tuesday its stance on the Ukraine conflict is “completely objective, impartial and constructive”, and repeated assertions that the US is spreading misinformation over reports China had responded positively to a Russian request for...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:03:25 +0800
Jilin 'severe' as mainland Covid cases surge
Daily local Covid cases on the mainland have more than doubled as the country battles its biggest outbreak in two years fuelled by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. The National Health Commission on Tuesday reported 3,507 new locally transmitted ...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 11:12:50 +0800
China, US hold 'candid' dialogue in Rome
China and the United States said they conducted "candid, in-depth and constructive communication" over bilateral relations as well as international issues such as Ukraine on Monday. Yang Jiechi, a Politburo member and director of the Foreign Affairs...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:09:55 +0800
Beijing to ensure stable economy this year: cabinet
The central government will ensure stable economic operations this year, and keep economic growth, employment and prices within reasonable ranges, state media quoted the cabinet as saying on Monday. The economy faces new downward pressures and diffi...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:03:47 +0800
Snowstorms to hit parts of northern China
Snowstorms were set to hit parts of northern China from Monday to Tuesday, meteorological authorities said. Snowstorms will drop up to 10 centimetres in parts of Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Xinjiang, according to the National Meteorologi...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:38:31 +0800
Covid cases at 'beginning stages of exponential rise'
The National Health Commission reported some 2,300 Covid-19 cases - 1,337 of them categorised as locally transmitted infections - across dozens of mainland cities on Monday as the fast-spreading variant commonly known as “stealth omicron” fuels C...

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:27:13 +0800
More Covid cases could emerge: Shenzhen
Shenzhen officials have warned that more coronavirus cases could be found during three rounds of universal testing for Covid-19, as they ordered everyone to stay home to curb the spread of the Omicron variant as soon as possible.  17 million people...



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