Easing the pandemic siege and strengthening political control in China
Plataforma - Macau - 02/12/2022
The scale of the street protests, especially in Guangdong, Beijing, and Shanghai, show the weariness and desperation caused by the restrictions imposed by the Covid-zero policy. Posters against the government – and direct attacks on Xi Jinping – were seen, but…
Rare protest in China tech hub over Covid lockdown
AFP - China - 27/09/2022
Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap lockdown over a handful of Covid cases
The megacity of more than 18 million people reported just 10 infections on…
“Zero covid” may reduce foreign investment in China
Hoje Macau - 14/07/2022
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China is expected to fall in the coming years as the country insists on a ‘zero cases’ strategy of covid-19, predicted the analysis unit of the magazine The Economist.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ruled out, however…
China's economic slowdown: A Brazilian problem for 2022 and….2023
Plataforma - Macau - 08/07/2022
Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, interest rate hikes. Everything is scaring the world, especially countries that are heavily dependent on other economies. And one that is leaving the planet in anticipation is China. There are many who depend on….a lot of this Asian country.
Covid-19: Beijing now requires proof of vaccination to access public places
TSF - Portugal - 07/07/2022
The municipality of Beijing will require proof of vaccine against Covid-19 to access most public places, starting next week, local authorities informed this Thursday.
Among the places mentioned in the statement, issued by the Beijing government, are libraries, museums…
Xi'an announces week-long lockdown to contain outbreak
Hoje Macau - 06/07/2022
Situated in central China, the city, with 13 million inhabitants, is known for the Terracotta Army, buried with China’s first Emperor.
Xi’an is also the destination of the only air connection between Portugal and China, which has since been suspended, for a…
China suspends direct flights with Portugal
TSF - Portugal - 02/07/2022
The Chinese authorities announced this Saturday that they will suspend, for two weeks, the air connection between Portugal and China, which had already been suspended for a month, after detecting cases of Covid-19 on board.
In a statement posted on its official website…
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
AFP - China - 20/06/2022
Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.
China is the last major economy wedded to stamping out infections no…
Covid cases lead China to suspend direct flight from Portugal for a month
Jornal de Notícias - Portugal - 20/06/2022
In a statement posted on its official website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said that the flight between Lisbon and the Chinese city of Xi’an, operated by the airline Beijing Capital Airlines, will be suspended from June 27.
Flights to China are…
