Coronavirus in China

(File) The Chinese national flag is hoisted during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games at the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium in Jakarta on September 2, 2018. Photo: AFP
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20 July 2022
China to host Asian Games in 2023 after Covid postponement
(FILE) - Chinese activits and artist Ai Weiwei attends a panel discussion and screening of his show 'Censored: Ai Weiwei's films' in Berlin, Germany, 16 February 2020. Photo: EPA
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19 September 2020
Ai Weiwei's Covid lockdown film traces China...
China's coronavirus response has been both hugely efficient and chillingly inhumane, says...
People walk around Beijing, China, 21 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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29 August 2020
Thousands arrested for 'virus-related crimes...
Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical...
Passengers wear masks as they walk through Tianhe Airport in Wuhan (Photo: AFP/File)
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13 August 2020
China eases travel restrictions for Europeans
China has eased entry restrictions for nationals from 36 European countries, months after...
People wearing protective face masks wait for the traffic light during morning rush hour in Beijing, China, 03 July 2020. Photo: EPA
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11 July 2020
WHO pair head to China for virus origin scoping...
An epidemiologist and an animal health specialist from the World Health Organization were...
Soldiers from China's People's Liberation Army march during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in WWII, in the the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 June 2020
Chinese coronavirus vaccine approved for military...
China's military has approved a coronavirus vaccine for use within its ranks that has...
People wearing protective face masks queue to show their health QR code to enter a shopping mall on the Chinese traditional holiday of Dragon Boat Festival, amid coronavirus pandemic in Beijing, China, 25 June 2020. Photo: EPA
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27 June 2020
Beijing eases lockdown as mass virus testing...
Beijing has partially lifted a weeks-long lockdown imposed in the Chinese capital to head...
A woman wearing a face mask waits to take a swab test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing site in Beijing (Photo: AFP)
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20 June 2020
US questions new China virus figures, seeks...
The United States on Thursday questioned China's credibility on reporting fresh...
A new cluster of cases has sparked mass coronavirus testing in the central Chinese city of Wuhan (AFP Photo/ Hector RETAMAL)
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15 May 2020
Fresh test for Wuhan as cluster sparks mass virus...
Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queued up across the city to be...
People walk at the riverside park along the Yangtze River, in Wuhan, China, 12 April 2020. Photo: EPA
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11 May 2020
China's Wuhan reports first virus infection...
China on Sunday reported the first case of coronavirus in over a month in Wuhan, the city...
(File) A view of buildings shrouded in smog in the capital city of Beijing, China. Photo: EPA
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09 May 2020
China smog returns after pandemic cleared the air
The coronavirus pandemic had cleared smog from China's skies for months, but air...
Authorities in the China's Guangdong province have been accused of conducting mass coronavirus testing and arbitrary quarantines of Africans (AFP Photo/STR)
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05 May 2020
China province launches anti-racism push after...
China's southern Guangdong province has launched a raft of anti-discrimination policies...
Officials have cast the five-day Labour Day observance as an opportunity to ease pent-up travel demand in the country where the pandemic emerged (AFP Photo/GREG BAKER)
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02 May 2020
China warily takes a holiday from virus anxiety
With optimism and a heavy dose of caution, millions of Chinese hit the road or visited...

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