投稿者: Lily Kuo
Beijing is working overtime for another 2008-style showcase in 2022, but world is very different place this time around and the diplomatic gloves are off Ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing and neighbouring cities, China is working …
Long queues and inflated prices amid fears that flu could complicate anti-Covid effortA surge in demand for flu shots in Chinese cities has caused shortages, long lines and triple markups on vaccines by scalpers selling them online.Residents, afraid of…
Activist group submits evidence to international court accusing Xi Jinping and other Beijing officials of crimes against humanityA group of Uighurs in exile has submitted evidence to the international criminal court, calling for an investigation into s…
As Covid-19 spreads worldwide, the people of Hubei explain how they dealt with the lockdownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, where millions have been under lockdown for the last two m…
Diplomats, state media and officials in China encourage idea that Covid-19 came from the USCoronavirus – latest updatesTell us: have you been affected by the coronavirus?One of the most popular topics on the Chinese microblog Weibo on Thursday was a on…
Leader’s arrival at the centre of the epidemic signals that Beijing believes the tide has turned in its fight against Covid-19Coronavirus – latest updatesChina’s leader, Xi Jinping, has visited Wuhan for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak be…
City’s top official scorned for saying citizens should thank President Xi and communist party for coronavirus managementWuhan’s top party official has come under fire after saying the government would implement “gratitude education” so citizens can pro…
Sun Chunlan was visiting Wuhan when residents apparently criticised efforts to combat virusA top Chinese official visiting Wuhan has been heckled by residents who yelled “fake, fake, everything is fake” as she inspected the work of a neighbourhood comm…
China reports 573 new cases with further travel bans and large gatherings restrictedCoronavirus – live updatesThe US, Australia and Thailand have reported their first deaths from coronavirus as two frontline doctors in China died and more countries put…
Angela Gui says her bookseller father’s 10-year sentence was pushed through in the hope it would go ‘unnoticed’The daughter of jailed Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has said she believes authorities purposefully announced his harsh sentence – 10 years…
Open letter urges health workers to go to China, saying resources there are stretchedCoronavirus – live updatesTwo nurses in Wuhan have published an open letter pleading for health workers from around the world to come to China to help fight the corona…
Anger after five or six-year-old boy was discovered in Hubei during checks by community workersLatest updates: world ‘not ready’ for coronavirus pandemicA young boy in Hubei province has witnessed his grandfather die and remained at home alone afterwar…
Liu Mengdi could only look on as her relatives were ravaged by the virus. Now she has been warned to stop posting about their traumaLiu Mengdi, 25, has been keeping a diary of the past few weeks as the coronavirus has ravaged her home town of Wuhan.“To…
Xu Zhangrun says culture of suppression and ‘systemic impotence’ have created the crisis that has killed more than 1,000 peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesA prominent Chinese intellectual has become the first high-profile public figure to lay the blame…
State media plays down agreement, in contrast to Donald Trump’s assertion it is the ‘biggest deal anyone has ever seen’ Reaction in China to the US trade deal has been muted, with state media playing down news of the agreement signed in Washington and …