China is continues with its Zero Covid strategy. 

Dr Tedros, declared that pursuing a zero covid strategy is not sustainable, given how the virus is now behaving and is expected to in the future. 

WHO director censored for questioning China's zero Covid strategy

Hong Kong's new leader helped to usher in the controversial National Security Law which was imposed by China to silence voices of dissent.

No surprises in Hong Kong as one-man election sees former cop anointed leader  

The unidentified woman is the 10th survivor of the disaster in the Chinese city of Changsha, which has killed at least 26 people.

Woman rescued in China after spending six days trapped under collapsed building

China's zero-Covid strategy has forced millions into lockdown conditions and as Beijing case numbers climb shoppers have been snapping up food on the shelves.

Shanghai apartment buildings fenced off as zero-Covid strategy continues

A delivery man walks by police officers with protective suit outside of a hotel in Shanghai, China, on March 15, 2022. China began locking down most of its largest city of Shanghai on Monday, March 28, as part of its strict COVID-19 strategy, amid questions over the policy's economic toll on the country.

The order covers non-emergency US government employees at the consulate in Shanghai and their family members.

US pulls non-emergency staff out of locked-down Shanghai as Covid surges

Lockdowns continue in China, major manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals. 

The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals on Monday as China battles a major Covid surge in its big eastern cities.

China lockdowns: Guangzhou closes to most arrivals as Covid cases grow

A woman gets a coronavirus test at an outdoor testing site Monday, March 21, 2022, in Beijing, China. Disney Co. closed its Shanghai theme park Monday as Chinese authorities tried to control the city's biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen allowed shops and offices to reopen after a weeklong closure. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)




China's biggest city remains in lockdown as Covid cases continue to spike. 

Millions face food shortages as China continues zero Covid policy

City officials have described the situation as "extremely grim" as the lockdown is extended, confining around 26 million people to their homes.

26 million people confined to homes in Shanghai as Covid lockdown extended

China's biggest city began the first of a staggered lockdown on Monday as Shanghai was split in two halves as it battles a growing Covid outbreak.

Millions in lockdown as Shanghai divided in half to combat Covid cases

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Emergency workers using sniff dogs to conduct search for the black box near the debris at the China Eastern flight crash site in Tengxian County in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The search area was expanded Thursday in a "blanket search" for the second black box from a China Eastern passenger plane that crashed in southern China with 132 people on board earlier this week, state media said. (Jiang Huaipeng/Xinhua via AP)




The Boeing 737-800 was cruising at 29,000 feet (8,800 metres) when it suddenly nose-dived into a remote mountainside area.

Human remains found in search for survivors after China plane crash 

It is so damaged that it is not yet possible to tell whether it is the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder.

Black box from China plane crash found in severely damaged condition

Personal effects such as mud-stained wallets, bank cards and official identity cards were discovered among the wreckage. 

No survivors found in crash of Chinese plane carrying 132 people

The Boeing-737 operated by China Eastern was travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou when it came down in Guangxi province with 123 passengers and nine crew aboard

Plane carrying 132 people crashes in southern China

Mainland China’s Covid data is counted separately from that in Hong Kong, which is facing a much larger outbreak with a higher death toll.

China reports first Covid-19 deaths in more than a year

President Biden pressed China on reports Mr Jinping planned to provide military and economic aid to Russia to support their invasion of Ukraine.

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