• May 20, 2024
Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data
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Covid origins: Chinese scientists publish long-awaited data

Coronavirus pandemic By Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News   A research team in China has published analysis of samples taken more than three years ago from the market linked to the outbreak of Covid-19. The Huanan seafood and wildlife market has been a focal point in the search for the origin of the coronavirus. But this […]

Jack Ma: Alibaba founder seen in China after long absence
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Jack Ma: Alibaba founder seen in China after long absence

  By Nicholas Yong, BBC News, Singapore Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who has rarely been seen in public in the past three years, has resurfaced at a school in Hangzhou, a report says. The 58-year-old has kept a low profile since criticising China’s financial regulators in 2020. Mr Ma was the most high-profile Chinese billionaire […]

Shanghai: Green fences baffle locked down residents
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Shanghai: Green fences baffle locked down residents

By Leo Sands BBC News   Coronavirus pandemic   Authorities battling Shanghai’s latest Covid outbreak have installed fences to restrict the population’s movement. Green barriers have appeared without warning outside buildings where those inside are forbidden from leaving. One resident told the BBC a green fence appeared inside his locked-up compound three days ago without […]

Shanghai escalates Covid lockdown restrictions
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Shanghai escalates Covid lockdown restrictions

Coronavirus pandemic   Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as a Covid surge continues in China’s financial capital. New measures include placing electronic door alarms to prevent those infected from leaving, as well as evacuating people to disinfect their homes. Earlier this week, hundreds were forcibly evacuated from their homes […]

Covid China: Elderly deaths contradict Shanghai figures
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Covid China: Elderly deaths contradict Shanghai figures

By Robin Brant BBC Shanghai correspondent Coronavirus pandemic Dozens of elderly patients at a hospital in Shanghai have died after contracting Covid-19, but official government figures claim no deaths in the city have been caused by the disease since 2020. The BBC has spoken to a hospital manager and had access to correspondence sent to […]

Hong Kong: Top UK judges resign from highest court
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Hong Kong: Top UK judges resign from highest court

By Leo Sands BBC News The UK has announced that two of its Supreme Court judges will no longer be sitting on Hong Kong’s top court. The judges said the threat to civil liberties had made their role on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal untenable. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has responded with […]

China gains a foothold in Australia’s backyard
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China gains a foothold in Australia’s backyard

By Frances Mao BBC News, Sydney     Late last week, a proposed security treaty between China and a tiny chain of islands in the Pacific sent shock waves across the ocean. The leaked draft signalled that China could deploy troops to the Solomon Islands – and potentially establish a naval base there. Nowhere was […]

China Eastern crash: What do we know so far?
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China Eastern crash: What do we know so far?

By Frances Mao BBC News It was supposed to be a routine two-hour flight carrying 132 people from one big city to another in southern China. But just over an hour into its journey, China Eastern Flight MU5735 pitched over into a sudden near-vertical dive. The Boeing 737-800 jet hurtled to the ground at high […]