UPDATED at 10:05 A.M. EDT on 2022-11-02 Chinese authorities have relaxed strict COVID-19 lockdowns in parts of the far-western Tibet region, allowing Tibetans residing temporarily in the regional capital Lhasa for work or other reasons to return to their hometowns beginning Monday, sources in the region said. A wave of coronavirus infections hit the restive region in August, where China, wary about independence movements, has strengthened its governance in an effort to prevent frequent unrest of the repressed Tibetan minority group. The latest move came days after hundreds of angry…
Day: October 31, 2022
Visitors trapped in Shanghai’s Disney resort after lockdown announced
Visitors to Shanghai’s Disney resort were trapped inside for the second time in 12 months after authorities and operators announced a sudden lockdown as part of China’s strict pandemic response. In a repeat of scenes from across Covid-zero China, viral videos on Monday appeared to show guests rushing to the locked gates of the theme park in an attempt to escape the lockdown. It followed extraordinary scenes on the weekend, with a mass escape of employees from a locked-down Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, to walk up to hundreds of kilometres…
Germany and the EU’s China Policy: Missing in Action?
Advertisement Despite signs to the contrary in the run-up to former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s departure and the change of guard in Germany, the country’s China policy seems to be continuing along its familiar business-first line. Olaf Scholz is set to make his first trip to China as chancellor in early November, accompanied by a business delegation. He has been adamant that Germany will maintain its profitable business links with China, swearing off ideas of “decoupling” from the country. However, this line is increasingly at odds with many both in Germany’s…
UK minister criticised over ‘crass and archaic’ trope about Chinese people
A UK government minister has been criticised for using a “crass and archaic” trope when talking about Chinese people during a broadcast interview. The environment minister Mark Spencer referred to the possibility that “some little man in China” could be listening in to his conversations when discussing reports a device belonging to the former prime minister and foreign secretary Liz Truss had been compromised by foreign agents. <gu-island name="TweetBlockComponent" deferuntil="visible" props="{"element":{"_type":"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TweetBlockElement","html":" Mark Spencer once again showing his ignorance, on many levels. https://t.co/Ysa12JHxWR — Sarah Owen MP (@SarahOwen_) October 31, 2022…
China Launches Its Space Station’s Third and Final Module
China launched the third and final module of its space station on Monday, a significant step as the country expands its extensive scientific research outside the Earth’s atmosphere. State television broadcast the launch live, showing a rocket roaring into a gray layer of clouds above Hainan Island in southernmost China, with the module aboard. Deng Hongqin, the director of the launch command center, announced after 14 minutes that the module was in orbit. Nearly 59 feet long and weighing 23 tons, the module, called Mengtian, was expected to dock with…
Shanghai Disney: Visitors unable to leave without negative Covid test as park shuts
Millions of people are under 200 different lockdowns in China, as of October 24, as the country of 1.45 billion consistently records more than 1,000 new Covid cases a day. The numbers are seen as relatively small outbreaks in other parts of the world. BBC
Xi Jinping Opens a New Chapter for China
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Chinese Stocks Fluctuate After a Bruising Week
Chinese stocks whipsawed on Monday, in an apparent sign of investors’ unease over Xi Jinping’s tighter grip on the nation. The CSI 300 Index of large Chinese companies’ share prices fell about 1.3 percent, then erased the losses before declining more than 1 percent by midafternoon. In Hong Kong, two indexes — the benchmark Hang Seng Index and one that tracks Chinese stocks traded in the city — had even wilder swings. The volatility extended the recent turbulence for Chinese stocks, which were battered last week after Mr. Xi was…