Coronavirus
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Halloween costumes in Shanghai poke fun at Chinese authorities
People dress as Covid workers, surveillance cameras and Winnie-the-Pooh, a reference to Xi JinpingHalloween re…
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North Korea abruptly cancels first post-Covid international commercial flight
Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang cancelled two hours after its scheduled arrival in BeijingNorth Korea’s nation…
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US-China cultural exchange at low point after tensions and Covid, data shows
Tourism, academia and literature all exhibit signs that trend of closer ties has gone into reverseCultural tie…
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China withholds key indicator of Covid death toll as it fails to release cremation data
China has been accused of masking the true impact of the pandemic and underreporting the number of fatalities …
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Covid lab leak theory should not be ruled out, top Chinese scientist says
Virologist George Gao also states for first time that China has investigated claim virus came from a laborator…
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Surge in strikes at Chinese factories after Covid rules end
Action by workers has trebled this year as the country emerges from its draconian coronavirus measuresProtests…
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Grin and bare it: as mask mandates end Japan turns to tutors to relearn how to smile
‘Smile education’ coach Keiko Kawano says more and more people have developed a ‘complex’ about smilingAfter t…
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China’s Covid whistleblower in Wuhan reportedly freed after three years
Fang Bin was targeted by authorities for reporting on the outbreak of Covid-19 in WuhanA Chinese citizen journ…
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India increases Covid booster jab production after surge in cases
Mock hospital drills held as new Omicron variant suspected of causing highest number of infections since 2022I…
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Japan says 1.5m people are living as recluses after Covid
Fifth of hikikomori cases among working-age people attributed to pressures unleashed by pandemicAlmost 1.5 mil…
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‘Being truthful is essential’: scientist who stumbled upon Wuhan Covid data speaks out
Florence Débarre’s discovery of genetic data online showed for first time that animals susceptible to coronavi…
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Bheed review – lockdown thriller cuts across India’s class conflict
A tense, state-of-the-nation drama set in Covid-era India successfully exposes how the caste system underpins …
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Newly released Chinese Covid data points to infected animals in Wuhan
Previously unseen genomic samples suggest animals at Huanan market were potential sourceNewly released data fr…
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Biden orders release of intelligence on potential links between Covid and Wuhan lab
Move poses political risk for US president, who has a difficult relationship with his Chinese counterpart Xi J…
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Covid has not affected people’s happiness around world, study reveals
World Happiness Report finds higher levels of benevolence in all global regions than before the pandemicIt cla…