Industrial production continues to contract in the aftermath of strict coronavirus-related restrictions that disrupted factory activity, supply chains
Moves by several countries to mandate testing for passengers arriving from China reflect worries that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak
As Beijing pursued its 'zero-COVID' policy using health tracking apps, drones and street cameras, many outside China understood what experts have long said: the real effect of this monitoring is social control
A look at who’s doing what
While the virus' rapid spread in China makes new mutations likely, most experts believe they will not necessarily be more deadly than omicron
Mainlanders' pent-up desire to travel benefit Hong Kong, which also lifted COVID-19 restrictions this week
China scrapped quarantine for inbound travelers from January 8 onwards, dismantling the last remaining piece of its stringent zero-COVID policy and ending some of the world's harshest border restrictions
China says it will resume issuing ordinary visas and passports in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years
Move prompted by surge in coronavirus cases in China; new testing measures to be implemented starting January 5
Online searches for flights abroad surged on the news
Nearly three years into the pandemic, it's still unclear what makes people vulnerable to long COVID
Move comes as Beijing continues to unwind strict virus controls as the country battles a surge in cases
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