China’s Covid-19 protesters find themselves up against censorship, surveillance
In a country where thousands of housing estates are under lockdown, last week’s fire felt like their worst fears had come true.
Elizabeth Law
Beijing turns into ghost town as Covid-19 cases spike
Municipal officials urged residents to stay home but left it to individual districts to decide what control measures to implement.
China doubles down on Covid-19 measures despite end of party congress
Local authorities may be taking a cue from President Jinping’s book, who said the Party puts people and lives above all else by “tenaciously” pursuing a zero-Covid-19 policy.
China corruption watchdog says crackdowns will continue to prevent decline of Communist Party
Deputy director of the National Supervisory Commission Xiao Pei said that the body will crack down not only on party members but also their relatives and close aides
Chinese social media awash with praise for Russian President Putin
As the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalated, news of it dominated Chinese social media, with hundreds of millions of views for each hashtag.
Singapore, China pledge to deepen cooperation, reaffirm strong ties
During their most recent meeting in late December, both sides inked 14 new deals covering areas including sustainability issues.
China unlikely to budge from zero-Covid-19 strategy despite Omicron
The timing for any decision is tricky with barely two weeks to Chinese New Year and the Olympics in February.