On January 19, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called on countries to lift “discriminatory restrictions” targeting China as soon as possible and work with China to restore normal cross-border travel. China will allow group tours to 20 countries to resume from February 6, but Japan was not among the …
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The coronavirus should be a warning that the world must be better prepared to deal with future outbreaks of infectious disease. Source link
Read More »South Korea joins Singapore in scrapping indoor mask mandate. And Hong Kong?
Hong Kong, meanwhile, has made the wearing of masks mandatory – both indoors and outdoors – since July 2020, with police officers issuing HK$5,000 (US$639) on-the-spot fines to people who fail to comply. City officials said this week that they would stick with the mask mandate during winter. Though they …
Read More »US importers shipping more to east coast ports than west coast
In another first, American containerised imports from China surpassed by the rest of Asia in sign that diversification and decoupling are under way. Source link
Read More »Coronavirus: China-Myanmar border towns eye revival
The city of Ruili is slowly creaking back to life as China ditches its zero-tolerance Covid strategy after years of strict lockdowns and other gruelling restrictions. Source link
Read More »How China’s zero-Covid U-turn sparked a wave of public resentment
The “infection tsunami” sweeping the country after an abrupt pivot away from its zero-Covid strategy has plunged millions into despair. Source link
Read More »How Omicron outbreaks burst China’s zero-Covid dykes
China succeeded in containing Covid-19 during the first two years of the pandemic, but the emergence last year of a more transmissible variant of the virus that causes the disease proved to be too much of a challenge. Source link
Read More »How political and economic pressure led to Beijing’s zero-Covid U-turn
A wide range of factors – including protests, rising infection numbers and the heavy toll on the economy – accelerated the pace of reopening. Source link
Read More »Is Hong Kong’s soaring ‘2-dish-rice’ phenomenon a dark sign for the city?
A spike in eateries selling two-dish-rice boxes is reminiscent of the 1950s when open-air food stalls helped Hong Kong’s poor survive. Are we witnessing a return to widespread poverty? Source link
Read More »Acer unveils ‘bike desk’ at CES for multitaskers, aiming to capture new market
Taiwanese IT firm Acer reveals bike desk at CES tech fair that allows people to work and pedal at the same time, aiming to cash in on multitaskers in post pandemic era. Source link
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