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Protesters are taken away by police in a bus in Shanghai on Saturday. Protests against Chinas restrictive COVID measures appeared in a number of cities Saturday night, in displays of public defiance fanned by anger over a deadly fire in the western Xinjiang region. (AP Photo)

Protests over Chinaâ€™s COVID controls spread across country

President Xi Jinpingâ€™s government faces mounting anger at its -'zero-COVID-' policy that has shut down access to areas...

27 Nov 2022 11:32 AM IST

A restaurant sells meat to residents, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening Chinas largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Shanghai starts coming back to life as COVID lockdown eases

Negative PCR tests for COVID taken within the previous 48 hours remain standard in Shanghai, Beijing for permission to...

1 Jun 2022 1:26 PM IST

People queueing to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Guangzhou in Chinas southern Guangdong province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Beijing locks down more people in China-'s -'zero-COVID-' fight

Most of Beijing is not locked down, but the streets are much quieter than usual with many shops closed and people...

17 May 2022 2:05 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a mural in Beijing, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

Queues snaked around malls and outside office complexes on Monday as people waited to be swabbed for samples by health...

25 April 2022 11:00 AM IST

A worker sprays disinfectant on a truck at a food production facility in Shanghai, China Friday, April 22, 2022. (Zhang Jiansong/Xinhua via AP)

China Covid death toll rises as Beijing warns of -'grim-' situation

Shanghai has been almost entirely locked down since the start of the month, snarling supply chains, with many people...

24 April 2022 1:20 PM IST