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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 …

The coronavirus should be a warning that the world must be better prepared to deal with future outbreaks of infectious disease. Source link

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 …

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

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

The “infection tsunami” sweeping the country after an abrupt pivot away from its zero-Covid strategy has plunged millions into despair. Source link

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

A wide range of factors – including protests, rising infection numbers and the heavy toll on the economy – accelerated the pace of reopening. Source link

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

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