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China reduces COVID rules to prepare its people for the sickness.

According to the National Health Commission, the majority of COVID infections are asymptomatic and minor, requiring no specific treatment. This is the clearest indication yet that China is preparing its citizens to live with the disease. In a further easing of its regulations, China will now permit patients with asymptomatic...

Chinese flags wave in the Saudi capital prior to Xi’s visit.

The Saudi capital was festooned with Chinese banners in advance of President Xi Jinping's Wednesday visit, which is expected to focus on energy ties but also follows months of tensions with the United States. Along main roadways in Riyadh, the red-and-gold Chinese insignia alternated with the green flag of Saudi...

China’s withdrawal from zero-Covid poses pitfalls

After extraordinary mass protests against zero-Covid, the Chinese government has taken its most decisive step to yet to abandon the punitive program. On Wednesday, officials declared the end of mandatory centralized quarantine, allowing persons with moderate Covid to isolate themselves at home, as well as restrictions on lockdowns, fewer Covid...

Beijing drops COVID testing as China relaxes restrictions.

Officials have downplayed the threats posed by the virus, moving China closer to what other nations have said for more than a year as they have chosen to live with the infection and lift restrictions. People in Beijing, the capital of China, are now permitted to enter parks, stores, and...

Grand Prix de Chine annulled due to COVID

The sport now faces a four-week gap in the 2023 schedule due to the elimination of the China event, which was scheduled between the races in Melbourne on April 2 and Azerbaijan on April 30. The Chinese Grand Prix has been canceled for the fourth consecutive year as the country...

After demonstrations, COVID lifts lockdowns in major Chinese cities.

Less than twenty-four hours after violent protests in Guangzhou, authorities in the enormous port city - as well as Chongqing, Zhengzhou, and the capital Beijing - declare that COVID restrictions will be eased. Following widespread protests against draconian zero-COVID rules, major Chinese cities have begun to abolish COVID lockdowns and...

Guangzhou’s crowds struggle with hazmat-suited riot police over zero-COVID.

An online video depicts things being thrown toward riot police in all-white pandemic gear while they move in formation over torn-down lockdown walls. A second film depicts a tear gas canister falling in the center of a throng. Crowds in a major Chinese city have clashed with white hazmat-suited riot...

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at age 96

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who came to power following the Tiananmen Square riots, has passed away at the age of 96. Wednesday, just after noon local time (04:00 GMT), according to state media, he passed away in Shanghai. Jiang presided over a period of expansive opening and rapid economic growth...

China Covid: Protesters in China claim police are looking for them

People in China who participated in rallies over Covid restrictions over the weekend say they have been called by police as the government begins to crack down. Several Beijing residents said that the police had contacted them to inquire about their locations. It is unknown how law enforcement could have uncovered...

The China COVID crisis causes dramatic declines in oil and stock prices.

Increasing public protests could be the impetus for a Chinese strategy to live with COVID, according to financial analysts, although the current focus is on the economic impact. In response to escalating COVID lockdowns and public protests against them in China, Asian stock markets experienced strong declines on Monday, while...

Police punch and kick a British journalist, fueling protests against China’s lockdown regulations.

China is seeing an unprecedented surge of rallies as protestors demand an end to the country's harsh coronavirus policies. As a British journalist was punched and kicked by authorities, protests against harsh COVID restrictions have intensified throughout China. Demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night, despite being forcibly evicted...

Protesters publicly demand Xi’s resignation over China Covid restrictions.

In China, protests over the government's draconian Covid policies have grown, with some citizens venting their ire openly at Communist Party leaders. Students have also demonstrated at Beijing and Nanjing universities. The most recent upheaval follows a protest in the remote northwestern city of Urumqi, where lockdown regulations were blamed after...

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Panama elects new president amid societal upheaval and drought

José Raúl Mulino, the leading presidential candidate, had his motion to disqualify his candidacy denied by the supreme court of Panama, two days before the country's election on Sunday.  Despite the elimination of a degree of unpredictability surrounding the vote by the ruling early on Friday, social unrest continues to plague the nation against a backdrop of massive demonstrations, economic stagnation, arid conditions in the Panama Canal, and the shutdown of a major copper mine.