Chaos in Shanghai as Covid patients fight for food and water amid extended lockdown
“Shanghai’s epidemic prevention and control is at the most difficult and most critical stage,” Wu Qianyu, an official with the municipal health commission, told a briefing. “We…
Chaos in Shanghai as patients fight for food and water amid extended lockdown
“Shanghai’s epidemic prevention and control is at the most difficult and most critical stage,” Wu Qianyu, an official with the municipal health commission, told a briefing. “We…
Why it could still be years before you can visit China
With more and more cities locking down, and no sign that its zero Covid stance will be discarded, the prospect of a trip to China in 2022…
Xi Jinping ‘unsettled’ by Vladimir Putin’s difficulties in Ukraine
According to Chinese state media, he said: “The priority is to avoid escalating tensions from getting out of control.” They were the first public remarks by Mr…
China ramps up surveillance of diplomats offering support to Ukraine
A number of foreign embassies in Beijing showing support for Ukraine are under watch by increased security personnel in China, where mention of the war has been…
Millie Knight feared for her skiing future after fourth concussion – now she is in Beijing to win gold
She is undisputedly one of Britain’s best paraskiers in a generation, but before Millie Knight had even turned 20 she was already considering walking away from the…
Why the 2022 Winter Olympics will go down as the weirdest in history
In 2008, the Beijing Olympic Games opened in a spectacularly choreographed pageant of power: 15,000 drummers, dancers and acrobats filled the Bird’s Nest stadium with a dazzling…