Glimpses From China's Covid Crisis

IMAGE: A medical worker attends to a patient at the emergency department of the Ganyu District People's Hospital in Lianyungang. Photograph: China Daily via Reuters   Photograph: China Daily......

China braces for new Covid wave, may see 65 million cases weekly

The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week since the......

Tension eases as China concludes 3-day military drills 'encircling' Taiwan

China on Monday said it has successfully completed its three-day large-scale fire and fury military drills "encircling" Taiwan, including the use of an aircraft carrier, aimed at showing its anger......

China sees over 100 COVID cases for 1st time in over 3 months amid fear of second wave

China's COVID-19 cases in a single day have crossed the 100-mark for the first time in over three months, sparking the fear of a rebound after Beijing contained it in Wuhan where the contagion......

China's high speed bullet train network exceeds 10,000 km

China's fast expanding high-speed bullet train lines have exceeded 10,000 km with the opening of a railway track linking the coastal city of Fuzhou and in-land Nanchang on Thursday. It is the......

World's 10 fastest growing metro cities

World’s 300 largest metropolitan economies account for nearly half of global economic output, says a Brookings report. Image: Macau is the fastest growing metro. Photograph: Reuters  ......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu enters Round 2 of Fuzhou China Open

IMAGE: PV Sindhu in action. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu cruised past Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia in the opening round of the Fuzhou China......

Four Chinese shuttlers temporarily banned by BWF

IMAGE: He Ji Ting (L) and Tan Qiang of China in action during their doubles match in the Sudirman Cup 2021. Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa /Lehtikuva via Reuters Four Chinese men's doubles players......

BWF seeking 'more clarity' from China over World Tour Finals

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Saturday said it was waiting for "more clarity" from China before it takes a call on the season-ending World Tour Finals scheduled in December. China's......

Indian badminton manager from Arunachal denied visa by China

'When I checked with the Chinese Embassy about the status of my visa application, I was told by embassy officials that since I belong to Arunachal Pradesh, an approval from Beijing is required' 'It......

Satwik-Chirag enter semis of China Open

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy, left, and Chirag Shetty will take on top seeds and World No. 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia in the semi-finals. Photograph:......