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Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.17% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.34%

Caixin Global

Confusion and falsehoods spread as China reverses its 'zero-COVID' policy

As China lifts its stringent zero-COVID policy, public health messaging has taken a U-turn. People are grappling with the whiplash, trying to find a way to protect themselves and loved ones.

WEKU

China's COVID deaths likely rising after restrictions relaxed

SHANGHAI/BEIJING -- Novel coronavirus infections are spreading rapidly in China following Beijing's altering of the nation's zero-COVID policy designed to contain the disease. The Chinese government puts the number of COVID-related deaths for December at four as of Sunday, but the figure clearly does not reflect the actual situation.

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Worries about China's COVID-19 outbreak spark run on medicines in Australia

Concerned Chinese Australians have begun sending over-the-counter cold and flu medication to family members in China amid a surge there in COVID-19 cases that has depleted local stocks.

ABC News

Young people around the world can save democracy — but they need our help

A photograph recently circulated on social media purportedly showing two Chinese professors in Shanghai standing between a squad of police officers and students protesting the government’s zero-COVID policies.

The Conversation

China's Covid surge hits trading floors, finance hub

SHANGHAI: Covid-19 is sweeping through trading floors in Beijing and spreading fast in the financial hub of Shanghai, with illness and absence thinning already light trade and forcing regulators to cancel a weekly meeting vetting public share sales.

Bangkok Post

Shanghai shuts schools as Covid surges

SHANGHAI: Shanghai will shut most schools again from Monday, reverting to an element of China’s old coronavirus playbook as the rapid dismantling of pandemic restrictions spurs an explosion in cases.

Bangkok Post

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Gallery: River Tour of Shanghai

Tourists can see the city while floating down the Suzhou Creek, after two sightseeing cruise routes opened in the financial hub. Each route, which lasts either one hour or 30 minutes, passes by several historic buildings, including the Sihang Warehouse Battle Memorial and the General Post Office Building. The 78-mile…

Caixin Global

From zero-tolerance into the unknown – a visual guide to three years of Covid in China

In 2019, the world’s first Covid case was detected in Wuhan. This month China abruptly shifted away from efforts to eliminate the virus

The Guardian - AU

‘Lockdown meant extreme stress, now I have new concerns’: my life in Shanghai

A resident in the Chinese city describes the feeling of liberation as Covid restrictions are lifted, while remaining nervous about the coming wave

The Guardian - AU

As food shortages hit locked-down Shanghai, the gift of two carrots and a potato was pure luxury

Severe Covid measures in China meant millions of us had to rely on handouts and bartering, says Jennifer Pak, China correspondent for the Marketplace radio programme

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.09% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.66%

Caixin Global

China reportedly delays key economic meeting amid signs of COVID surge

Chinese leaders have reportedly delayed a key economic policy meeting amid growing signs that COVID-19 infections are surging in Beijing nearly a week after they jettisoned some of the world's toughest anti-virus restrictions.

Reuters

Shanghai Universities Let Students Head Home Early Amid Covid Spike

Students can apply to study remotely for the remainder of the term, as higher education institutions try to lessen the burden from potential infections

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Reuters

Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge

People queued outside fever clinics at Chinese hospitals for COVID-19 checks on Monday, a new sign of the rapid spread of symptoms after authorities began dismantling an apparatus they used to surveil residents and curtail movement.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facing COVID Surge, China Expanding Hospitals, ICUs

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. President Xi Jinping’s government is officially committed to stopping virus…

The Independent UK

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

The Independent UK

Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

Under Jiang’s tutelage, China had its longest period of stable economic growth under Communist rule

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China: Tesla EV Sales And Exports Surged In November 2022

In November, Tesla significantly increased its local retail sales in China and export of electric cars, produced at the Giga Shanghai plant.

Bangkok Post

China's tourism sector hails sudden policy shift on zero-Covid, but lockdown scepticism remains

The night China announced it would ease some of its most controversial coronavirus controls, Shanghai resident Yu Yuan immediately booked a high-speed train ticket to Beijing for a New Year's trip.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.3% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.98%

Reuters

'It's dead out here': China's slow exit from zero-COVID

Judging by Friday's quiet streets in China's capital Beijing and the reluctance of some businesses to drop COVID curbs, enduring anxieties about the coronavirus are likely to hamper a speedy return to health for the world's second-largest economy.

Reuters

As China loosens COVID restrictions, protesters fear retribution

Late last month, Shanghai resident Pei was one of many people who came out in support of historic protests against China's COVID-19 curbs, including filming several seconds of footage of a man being arrested on a street corner.

Reuters

COVID spread fears grow as China unwinds zero-tolerance curbs

As many Chinese embraced new freedoms on Thursday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, there was mounting concern that a virus that had largely been kept in check could soon run wild.

Los Angeles Times

‘The protest of our generation’: China’s first-time demonstrators try to find a voice

TAIPEI, Taiwan — It was the middle of the night in Shanghai when Jack’s phone rang, with a message from a friend: Something big is happening.

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