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The Latest Breaking News from Guangzhou

Guangzhou Spares Home-Bound From Mass Covid Testing

The new rule applies to the elderly, students taking classes online, and people working remotely

Caixin Global

China’s Guangzhou locks down, Beijing shuts schools over COVID

China is battling COVID flare-ups from Zhengzhou in central Henan province to Chongqing in the southwest.

Al Jazeera

South China city locks down district in 'zero-COVID' fight

The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou has locked down its largest district as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes

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Baiyun District in Guangzhou locked down for 5 days from Nov 21-25

Local authorities in the Baiyun District of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou locked down the area for five days from Nov. 21 to Nov. 25 as COVID-19 cases continue to mount.

Reuters

In southern China, residents revolt against COVID-19 controls

Unverified videos show people breaking down barriers and marching through streets in Guangzhou as frustration boils over about China's strict COVID-19 controls.

WEKU

Violent anti-lockdown riots break out in Chinese city of 15million as Covid spreads

Guangzhou in China has had the largest new outbreak of Covid-19 with new infections exceeding 5,000 for the first time - fuelling speculation that officials could roll out more lockdowns

Daily Mirror

BWF World Tour Finals relocated from Guangzhou to Bangkok due to COVID-19

NEW DELHI: The upcoming BWF World Tour Finals have been shifted from Guangzhou to Bangkok due to COVID-19 and will begin on December 7, a week earlier than originally scheduled, the world badminton body announced on Tuesday.

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China tightens restrictions as rise in virus cases reported

Everyone in a district of 1.8 million people in China’s southern metropolis of Guangzhou has been ordered to undergo virus testing while a major city in the southwest closed schools as another rise in infections was reported

The Independent UK

Guangzhou Suspends Most Schools as Covid-19 Outbreak Worsens

In-person teaching will pause in eight of the South China metropolis’s 11 districts

Caixin Global

Virus lockdowns hit China economic powerhouse Guangzhou

A surge in COVID-19 cases has spurred lockdowns in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, adding to financial pressure that has disrupted global supply chains and sharply slowed growth in the world's second-largest economy

The Independent UK

China's Guangzhou brings back mass testing to fight city's worst COVID outbreak

Millions of residents of China's southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou were told on Wednesday to get tested for COVID-19, as infections topped two thousand for two days running in the city's worst outbreak so far.

Reuters

China's Covid epicentre shifts to Guangzhou, more lockdowns loom

BEIJING: New coronavirus cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed on Tuesday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China's latest Covid-19 epicentre and testing the city's ability to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown.

The Times of India

China's COVID epicentre shifts to Guangzhou as outbreaks widen

New coronavirus cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed on Tuesday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China's latest COVID-19 epicentre and testing the city's ability to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown.

Reuters

Sports: World Athletics Relays 2023 Postponed Until 2025

The Council said that the decision was taken with the agreement of both the Guangzhou organizing committee (LOC) and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA). Read on for details:

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese Firm Tests Electric Flying Taxi in Dubai

A Chinese firm tested out an electric flying taxi in Dubai on Monday, offering a glimpse of futuristic technology that could one day whisk people through cities high above any traffic. The XPeng X2, developed by the Guangzhou-based XPeng Inc's aviation affiliate, is one of dozens of flying car projects…

Benzinga

Shareholders Teach 'Sauerkraut Fish' King a Lesson in Fishy Investments

By Doug Young A funny thing happened on the way to construction of one of China’s newest mega-commercial complexes, the Guangzhou IFC Mall in the southern mega-city of Guangzhou.

Benzinga

Stumbling Jiumaojiu Coughs Up Big Bucks for Local Mega-Mall

Key Takeaways: Jiumaojiu said it will pay up to $140 million for 26% of the company developing the Guangzhou IFC Mall Project, which will become its new headquarters

InsideEVs

China's FSD Beta? XPeng Launches City NGP Pilot Program On P5 EV

Some Xpeng P5 sedans fitted with lidar sensors can now access City Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) software in the city of Guangzhou, with other cities to follow.

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Al Jazeera

Hong Kong leader cancels China trip in blow to reopening hopes

John Lee had been due to visit Shenzhen and Guangzhou to discuss ways to resume travel with the Chinese mainland.

Evening Standard

Millions again placed under Covid lockdown in China

China’s Guangzhou tightens Covid restrictions as infections hit big southern cities

The Guardian - AU

China places millions into Covid lockdown again as economy continues to struggle

Key cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dalian are under curbs again, amid protests and data showing factory slowdown

Reuters

China's Guangzhou, Shenzhen tighten COVID curbs as parts of north join in

Parts of China's southern city of Guangzhou imposed COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday, joining the tech hub of Shenzhen in battling flare-ups, fuelling uncertainty over commerce and daily life in two of the region's most economically vibrant metropolises.

Bangkok Post

Make BRT system work

After 12 years of continuous service, Bangkok's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) -- a 15-km feeder bus route linking Sathon and Ratchaphruek roads -- should have been more popular, the way similar systems in Bogota and Guangzhou have been embraced by those cities' residents.

Asharq Al-Awsat

South China Authorities Apologize Over COVID-19 Break-ins

Authorities in southern China apologized for breaking into the homes of people quarantined for being suspected of contracting COVID-19 in the latest example of heavy-handed measures that have sparked a rare public backlash. The Communist Party newspaper Global Times reported Tuesday that 84 homes of people sent for isolation in…

Caixin Global

Covid Uncertainty Leaves More Guangzhou Offices Empty

Share of unoccupied Grade-A space in the Guangdong provincial capital was up by 1 percentage point from the past quarter, though the rate remained below that of Beijing and Shenzhen

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