Decline in trade, investments due to stringent lockdowns push China towards WANA region

Dec 02, 2022

Due to the strict lockdown policy in China, trade and investments in the country have fallen by steep margins averting the Chinese government towards...

China: Zero Covid policy fueling public resentment

Nov 13, 2022

Disappointment among the Chinese public has been rising since the policy came to be implemented. Incessant mass testing, centralized quarantine and stringent lockdowns, which...

Bappi Lahiri's 'Jimmy, Jimmy' is now China's Covid lockdown protest song

Nov 01, 2022

Several videos went viral on TikTok and other social media platforms in which Chinese facing the lockdowns are seen using Bappi Da's track to...

Factories forced to shut down in China amid COVID surge

Dec 26, 2022

The Chinese economy was already struggling when Beijing abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Retail sales had contracted in November because of widespread lockdowns,...

Chinese social media abuzz with rumours of Xi Jinping stepping down for COVID-19 mismanagement

May 14, 2022

Beijing [China], May 14 : Chinese social media is buzzing with speculations that President Xi Jinping might step down from his position following the...

China's draconian lockdowns galvanize widespread protests

Nov 28, 2022

China is a nation of 1.4 billion people, ruled by an authoritarian government unable to abide dissent. China has 106 cities possessing populations more...