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No shift in China’s zero-Covid response until big pandemic picture changes: top mainland expert
China will only consider adjusting its strict virus response after overall conditions change at home and overseas, according to China’s top Covid-19 strategy official.In an interview with state broadcaster CCTV…
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China locks down city of 9 million and reports 4,000 cases as Omicron tests zero-Covid strategy
City of Shenyang has barred residents from leaving without a 48-hour negative test result and put all housing compounds under ‘closed management’ See all our coronavirus coverage China has locked…
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Covid wiped slate clean of ‘crap restaurants’, says Gordon Ramsay
Celebrity chef says lockdowns have been ‘devastating’ for industry but upside is ‘crap is gone’ The celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has said it is good that the Covid-19 pandemic wiped…
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Covid-19: Suspension of Hong Kong mass testing plan does not mean city can ‘lie flat’, top Chinese expert warns, even as tough rules begin to ease
China’s top Covid-19 strategy official has cautioned that Hong Kong’s decision to suspend plans for mass testing should not be taken to mean the city can “lie flat”, even as…
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Australia news live updates: Albanese proposes human rights award in Kimberley Kitching’s honour; SA hospitals under ‘extraordinary strain’
Labor leader proposes award in late Victorian senator’s honour; South Australian hospital system ‘under extraordinary strain’ new premier says, as at least 22 Covid deaths recorded nationally; Senate inquiry probes…
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Hong Kong is revamping its travel and social-distancing rules again: here’s what you need to know
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.The Hong Kong government has announced a significant easing of…
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Dozens of Chinese officals punished over latest wave of Covid-19 cases
More than 70 Chinese officials have been sacked or disciplined over the past month as Covid-19 spreads across the country.The latest wave of Covid-19, driven by the more contagious Omicron…
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By targeting mainland medical help, Hong Kong’s media is only harming the case for press freedom
Your house is on fire. Your kind neighbours come rushing out with buckets of water to help but you hold out your hands to stop them in their tracks and…
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Investors snap up Hong Kong hotels for conversion to long-term leasing, student accommodation as tourism industry remains in doldrums
International funds and local investors are snapping up hotels in Hong Kong with the intention of converting them for long-term leasing and student accommodation as the outlook for the city’s…
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Fund US$22.5 billion coronavirus aid, don’t cut budget, Biden aides tell Congress
Congress should provide the US$22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against Covid-19 without cutting other programmes to pay for it, senior administration officials said on Monday.And…