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Thu, 06 Jan 2022 14:11:21 +0800Tighter pandemic controls imposed ahead of Olympics
More cities and areas in Henan have resorted to tough curbs as the central province reported 64 new locally-transmitted coronavirus infections, 50 of them in Xuchang. Nine asymptomatic carriers were also identified, most of them in the provincial cap...
Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:40:48 +0800Another 35 cases reported in Shaanxi outbreak
The National Health Commission has confirmed another 35 cases of locally-transmitted Covid-19 in Shaanxi, where the huge city of Xi'an has been locked down for nearly two weeks.
In total 41 community infections were reported today, according to the ...
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 12:27:21 +0800Fourteen killed in Guizhou landslide
The death toll from a landslide that hit Bijie City in Guizhou province on Monday has climbed to 14, Xinhua News Agency quoted local authorities as saying.
The landslide took place at a construction site at around 7pm on Monday, Xinhua said.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:53:25 +0800China locks down Yuzhou after infections reported
More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown.
Beijing has pursued a "zero Covid" approach with t...
Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:52:46 +080015 injured as earthquake hits Yunnan
Fifteen people were injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern China on Sunday afternoon and shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang.
The 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Yunnan Province at 3:02pm, according to the provincial seismological ...
Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:48:31 +0800Students get New Year chat with Tiangong astronauts
Three mainland astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station chatted with youngsters from Hong Kong, Macau and Beijing via video conference on Saturday to mark the start of 2022.
The three - Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu - arrived at ...
Sat, 01 Jan 2022 10:04:57 +0800Mainland reports 231 new Covid cases, mainly in Xian
The mainland reported 231 new confirmed coronavirus cases for December 31, up from 195 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Saturday.
Of the new infections, 175 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Heal...
Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:32:35 +08002021 a year of exceptional significance: Xi Jinping
President Xi Jinping has on Friday described 2021 as "a year of exceptional significance", in his New Year address aired on New Year’s Eve.
“We have lived through landmark events in the history of our Party and our country. At the historical co...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:56:08 +0800No tattoos for mainland football players
Chinese authorities have banned footballers from getting tattoos and instructed national team players who have been inked to remove or cover them up to set a "good example for society".
A growing number of high-profile Chinese players have been spor...
Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:15:56 +0800Mainland reports 182 new local Covid cases
The mainland on Monday recorded 182 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
Of the new local cases, 180 were reported in Shaanxi, and one each in Zhejiang and Yunnan, the commission...
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:28:51 +0800Xi'an further tightens anti-virus measures
Xi'an tightened curbs on travel within the city on Monday as it started a new round of testing on the fifth day of a lockdown of its 13 million people.
Xi'an reported 150 new local symptomatic coronavirus cases for Sunday, a slight drop from the pre...
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 08:59:51 +0800Shenzhou taikonauts complete second spacewalk
Taikonauts who are working on the nation's first space station have taken part in the second spacewalk of their mission since arriving on the Shenzhou-13 spacecraft in October, official media has reported.
Broadcaster CCTV reported that Ye Guangfu ...
Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:52:43 +0800Man dies, 2 missing after fishing boat catches fire
A man died and a rescue operation was under way for at least two others who went missing after a mainland fishing vessel caught fire and capsized just outside Hong Kong waters off Sai Kung on Sunday.
Local police said their mainland counterparts re...
Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:32:30 +0800Xi'an cases double, mainland total hits 21-month high
The mainland reported its highest daily rise in local Covid-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xi'an, the country's latest Covid hot spot.
The city of 13 million, which entered its fourth day of lockdow...
Sat, 25 Dec 2021 09:42:23 +0800Sharp jump in Covid cases on the mainland
China reported 140 new confirmed coronavirus cases for December 24, up from 87 a day earlier, the health authority said on Saturday.
Of the new infections, 87 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, comp...
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:04:02 +0800Japan won't send govt delegation to Winter Olympics
Japan will not send a government delegation to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, it said on Friday.
Responding to Tokyo's move, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a regular news conference that China welcomes Olympic officials and athl...
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:30:00 +0800Next year's NPC session to start on March 5
The annual "two sessions" meetings are set for the first week of March next year.
According to a decision by the National People's Congress Standing Committee on Friday, the 13th NPC will kick off its fifth annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2022...
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:32:19 +0800Another 52 people come down with Covid in Shaanxi
A day after enforcing a strict lockdown on 13 million people in Xi'an - the ancient capital of Shaanxi - mainland officials have reported 52 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the province.
On Thursday, the Xinhua News Agency reported 127 peo...
Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:21:59 +0800Xi'an comes under lockdown to rein in Covid spread
China ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases, setting off panic buying just weeks before the country hosts the Winter Olympic Games.
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Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:12:44 +0800Travel curbs in Xi'an over surge in Covid cases
The northern city of Xi'an dramatically tightened Covid travel controls on Wednesday to fight a growing outbreak, with people banned from boarding trains without official permission and hundreds of flights cancelled.
With Beijing preparing to host t...