カテゴリー: Science
After long pursuing a strict zero-Covid regime, restrictions have been lifted in China as new variants emergeAfter long pursing a zero-Covid policy, China has relaxed many restrictions including quarantine rules for travellers. But some experts have ra…
June will mark end of system that deemed newborns to be a year old, with a year added every 1 JanuarySouth Korea is to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a change that that will knock one or two years o…
Footage shows large protest at Nanjing Tech University, as rules persist despite steps to ease zero-Covid policy‘Now I see it’s not just me who’s angry’: readers in China on wave of protestsStudents at a university in eastern China have staged a protes…
Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category CCoronavirus is weakening and management protocols could be downgraded, an expert on China’s state media has claimed, after unprecedented…
Despite daily Covid-19 cases near all-time highs and recent protests over lockdowns, US intelligence see no threat to Xi’s stabilityChinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, …
Living under China’s policy to suppress Covid cases means days are filled with health codes, the constant threat of shutdowns and moments of hopeLife in Beijing these days is spent either in lockdown or preparing for lockdown. Stockpiling food at home…
Authorities flood streets with police as top security body urges action against ‘hostile forces’China has sent university students home and flooded streets with police in an attempt to disperse the most widespread anti-government protests in decades, a…
Rampant and sudden lockdowns have sparked anger as pressure piles on officials to curb outbreaksChina’s Covid lockdown protests: complete guide in videos, maps and chartsSince the Covid pandemic began, China’s government has operated a zero-tolerance p…
Strict measures that continue almost three years into pandemic are prompting widespread protests. Here are the factorsChina’s strategy of controlling Covid-19 with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent…
Huge chunk of Long March 5B rocket launched four days previously re-enters atmosphereA hefty chunk of the massive rocket used to deliver the third module of China’s Tiangong space station has fallen back to Earth uncontrolled, triggering the closure of…
Apple supplier Foxconn raises daily bonuses to $55 to ease discontent after strict Covid measures prompted some workers to flee the siteApple supplier Foxconn said it has quadrupled bonuses on offer for workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China a…
Video of girl struggling to breathe is circulating online, with claims family’s pleas for help were ignoredReports that a 16-year-old girl has died in a Covid quarantine centre after pleas from her family for medical help were ignored have caused anger…
The remains of Māori people taken by an Austrian taxidermist in 1877 and displayed in a Vienna museum have finally been returnedOn the shorelines of Wellington, the sound of weeping poured out into the thick mist of the city harbour. A procession moved…
Official Wu Zunyou also called for people to avoid ‘skin-to-skin contact’ with those who had been abroad recently, as well as ‘strangers’ A senior Chinese health official has advised people to avoid physical contact with foreigners to prevent possible…
‘Internet commentary personnel’ told to deluge social media with thoughts on anything from cooking to their personal moodSee all our coronavirus coverageChinese censors have reportedly been ordered to flood social media with innocuous posts about Xinj…