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The 10 biggest science stories of 2022 – chosen by scientists
From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year’s significant scientific developments The year opened with a bang. Or rather, it didn’t. The successful…
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Hong Kong’s John Lee is living up to his ‘result-oriented’ pledge by relaxing Covid-19 rules
Lee wasted no time in leveraging on the mainland’s easing of pandemic restrictions to remove most of Hong Kong’s remaining curbs. It seems he has won Beijing’s support – but…
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Ibuprofen over property: prospective homebuyers in Beijing defer purchases amid Covid-19 outbreak
As the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak dampens sentiment, sales are expected to take some time to return to pre-Covid-19 levels in Beijing, analysts said. Read the original article at South China…
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Law on my side: How Chinese are protesting against illegal local Covid-19 measures
In a quiet revolution, lawyers, police officers and former judges are offering legal advice online to the aggrieved, pointing out that many local Covid-control measures violate central government policies and…
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Shanghai schools ordered to hold classes online to stem Covid infections
City’s kindergartens and childcare centres also to stop in-person lessons as cases rise across China after easing of restrictions Shanghai’s education bureau has told schools to hold classes online from…
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Coronavirus: as cases surge, mainland Chinese head to Macau to get mRNA vaccine unavailable at home
Macau has lifted restrictions on vaccinations for short-stay visitors and is offering the BioNTech shot for a fee . Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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‘What was it for?’: the mental toll of China’s three years in Covid lockdowns
As the government abandons ‘zero Covid’, it may take decades for ordinary Chinese people to recover – and many aren’t sure it was worth it After China’s abrupt scaling back…
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Hong Kong back on map following easing of Covid curbs, with travel agency logging 2,000 per cent rise in searches for city-bound flights
Online travel agency Trip.com says queries for flights to Hong Kong were up more than 20-fold on Tuesday compared to same day last year. Read the original article at South…
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Why China is moving carefully away from zero-Covid, with or without the protests
An ill-timed relaxation could trigger a recession, mass deaths and set back gains in poverty, healthcare and education. Add to the considerations youth demands for freedoms, China’s easing is necessarily…