Apr 01, 2022 21:14 PM

Shanghai Bungles Basics as Outbreak Pushes Covid Strategy to the Limit
The city of 25 million, once a model in China’s anti-Covid fight, is battling to treat, transfer and manage all its patients and close contacts
Apr 01, 2022 06:12 AM

Update: Former Justice Minister Booted From Party for ‘Inflated’ Political Ambitions
Fu Zhenghua is accused of being part of a political clique, pursuing selfish interests and lying to the party about major issues
Mar 31, 2022 20:44 PM

Trending in China: Anger Rises Over Deaths During Shanghai Lockdown
As emergency treatment is stymied by stringent restrictions on people’s movement, local officials take the brunt of online criticism
Mar 31, 2022 19:39 PM

In Depth: Success of Local HPV Vaccine Campaigns Highlights Shortcomings Nationwide
Despite regional successes, experts say broader inclusion into national immunization programs remains a challenge
Mar 31, 2022 05:49 AM

Chinese Insurers Start Paying Out in China Eastern Crash
Families of victims receive $2.34 million so far from 11 insurance companies while property and casualty insurers pay China Eastern $18.2 million
Mar 30, 2022 20:52 PM

Hong Kong Health Expert Downplays City’s Covid Fatality Rate
Professor Ivan Hung Fan Ngai says the region may have had far more cases than the official tally of 1.1 million
Mar 30, 2022 19:29 PM

Shanghai Offers Support for Importing Covid Drugs and Vaccines as It Battles Outbreak
City releases a slate of new measures to keep its economy running under strict lockdown measures, including ramping up testing capacity and tax and fee cuts for businesses
Mar 30, 2022 05:30 AM

Deputy Governor of Liaoning Province Falls Under Graft Probe
Hao Chunrong ranked sixth among eight deputy governors, overseeing rural development, water system, culture and tourism
Mar 29, 2022 20:29 PM

Hundreds of Fake Medical Research Papers Published in Recent Months, Authorities Say
China’s latest crackdown on academic fraud has named senior doctors whose fake work has brought China’s scholarly reputation into disrepute
Mar 28, 2022 20:26 PM

Shanghai Goes Into Lockdown to Get a Grip on Spiraling Outbreak
The local government is closing off roughly half of the city at a time to conduct mass testing
Mar 26, 2022 19:42 PM

Shanghai Hits a New High in Daily Covid Cases
On Friday, the Asian financial hub reported 38 confirmed local infections and 2,231 asymptomatic cases
Mar 26, 2022 05:56 AM

Former China Railway Czar Sheng Guangzu Under Graft Probe
Retired executive was first chief of China Railway Corp. after serving as head of the now-defunct Ministry of Railways
Mar 25, 2022 19:45 PM

Shanghai Nurse’s Death Triggers Frustrations Over Covid Curbs
Zhou Shengni died from an asthma attack Wednesday, after being denied entry at the hospital where she worked. Her case has triggered heated debate among netizens about how the city’s Covid response is putting the vulnerable at risk
Mar 24, 2022 21:20 PM

Analysis: Is Hong Kong Following Singapore in Living With Covid-19?
The city government plans to ease most of its social-distancing rules in three phases, starting from April 21, as Singapore did back in June
Mar 24, 2022 04:57 AM

In Depth: What’s Behind China’s Growing Problem With Child Depression
As cases soar among young people, patchy preventative treatment means patients don’t reach doctors until they’re already in a serious state
Mar 24, 2022 03:22 AM

Voice Recorder, Passenger Remains Found From Flight MU5735
More than 330 rescue workers comb 46,000 square-meter site of China Eastern Airlines crash in search for clues to disaster
Mar 23, 2022 19:54 PM

China Vows More Focused Covid Testing to Limit Economic Strain
The country will no longer make authorities carry out mass testing except for sustained outbreaks
Mar 23, 2022 06:28 AM

China Needs Better Home-Grown Vaccines to Beat Omicron, Expert Says
Tsinghua University’s Ding Sheng urges drugmakers to upgrade existing Covid-19 shots and introduce more-powerful inoculations
Mar 23, 2022 06:19 AM

Caixin Explains: What We Know So Far About the Crash of Flight MU5735
CAAC probes why a China Eastern plane with 132 on board fell out of the sky with no ready explanation, leaving a cloud of smoke and a field of debris
Mar 22, 2022 19:57 PM

Pfizer Covid Drug Deployed in Virus-Hit Chinese Province For the First Time
Some 6,000 doses of the imported antiviral drug used to prevent serious disease and death have reached hospitals in Jilin