Beijing And Shanghai Tighten Covid Restrictions Triggering More Discontent From Residents

Topline China enacted tighter pandemic restrictions in two of its biggest cities—Beijing and Shanghai—on Monday in a renewed push to quash out the spread of Covid-19 in the two cities even as it faces...

Setback In Shanghai As New Covid Cases Reported Beyond Lockdown, Beijing Carries Out More Mass Testing

Topline Shanghai—which has largely remained under lockdown for more than a month—faced a setback on Monday as officials detected 58 new Covid-19 cases outside neighborhoods that are under complete loc...

Beijing Locks Down Residential Complexes And Moves Classes Online As Covid Cases Rise

Topline Authorities in Beijing ordered the switch to online classes for several schools in the city and locked down a number of residential compounds and offices amid concerns the Chinese capital coul...

Beijing Expands Covid Mass Testing To Nearly 20 Million Residents As It Races To Avoid Shanghai-Style Lockdown

Topline Authorities in Beijing have ordered nearly 20 million of its residents to undergo mass Covid-19 testing starting Tuesday—expanding an effort that began in the city’s business district a day ea...

China Begins Mass Testing Beijing’s Biggest District After Raising Alarm About Undetected Covid Spread

Topline Officials in Beijing will require the people who reside or work in Chaoyang—the city’s main business district—to undergo three Covid-19 tests this week starting on Monday, a move that comes af...

32 Athletes Are In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19

Topline Thirty two at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are currently under isolation at designated facilities after testing positive for Covid-19, the Games’ organizers announced on Tuesday, a disclos...

Beijing Begins Third Round Of Mass Covid-19 Testing Ahead Of Winter Olympics

Topline China’s capital Beijing began a third round of mass testing of millions of its residents on Wednesday as Covid-19 cases in the city continued to trickle upward a week before the city is set to...