Barry Naughton, economist & expert on China, talks about the challenges of the nation's post-Covid economy & its new focus on 'construction of modernised industrialised system'.
A review of over a dozen retracted papers by NYT has revealed that China revised or suppressed research on early cases and censored topics 'that could make the govt look bad'.
The removal of this last cross-border control measure imposed to guard against Covid-19 comes after authorities last month declared victory over a recent surge in the virus.
Experts say Li Qiang abruptly drove a decision to activate the reopening plans sooner than intended to contain the economic toll of the zero-COVID campaign.
Beijing: Health authorities in China said on Thursday the country's COVID-19 epidemic has "basically" ended, but it is not completely over as it found...
Nearly 8 lakh severe cases were treated, but leaders cautioned that the virus is still spreading globally and continues to mutate, according to state media.
Personal medical insurance benefits for retirees have been slashed from about 5% of the average basic pension to 2.5%, according to Wuhan Healthcare Security Administration.
Although the researchers only analysed data between Nov-Dec 2022 from Beijing, rather than the Chinese mainland, they claim that the data is representative of the country as a whole.
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of people making trips inside China over the week-long Lunar New Year holiday surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 curbs that
5,503 have died in China from respiratory failure caused by Covid since Dec, 54,435 from other ailments along with Covid. A US institute projects 3rd of country will be infected by April.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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