Medical experts say official number might not reflect true scale of the outbreak as many patients may be undiagnosed.

Footage shows patients packed into corridors and what were described as the bodies of patients lying in the hallway.

‘Government doesn’t know what it’s doing, and still they go on TV to brag when frontline medical staff don’t even have a change of protective clothing,’ says angry resident whose wife works in a local hospital.

Fifteen cases of the coronavirus have been officially reported among medical staff in the city, but doctors say there have been other instance.

Prevention and control in hospitals is key to controlling outbreak, disease specialist says.

World watches to see if country has learned painful lessons from Sars outbreak as one former World Health Organisation official accuses officials of ‘lying from the start’ of the outbreak.

The recent spike in the number of confirmed cases has prompted questions about the process, but medical specialists say the admin involved may be the reason it takes so long.

Ding, who was rounded up with other dissidents, was part of the New Citizens’ Movement, which advocates working within the system for political change. He has been barred from contacting his family or lawyer.

They reveal why they risk their careers to step into the tear gas out of uniform and help those caught up in the violence.

Video clip of protest against changes to charter removing ‘free thinking’ goes viral on Chinese social media before it is censored.

Preferential policies – seen by Han Chinese as giving ethnic minorities unfair benefits – are changing.

While Muslim communities are in lockdown, the Han population is voting with its feet and leaving the region, sources say.

Former Xinjiang governor Nur Bekri was sentenced after her admitted accepting more than US$11 million in bribes over a 20-year period

Lawyer for Takuma Sakuragi describes court’s ruling as ‘unjust and unfair’ as septuagenarian hears his fate six years after being arrested.

Huang arrested in Guangzhou for allegedly ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’.

Tsai Ing-wen says further suppression of liberties will only bring more clashes.

Veby Mega Indah, an associate editor with Suara Hong Kong News, says her right eye was injured by a non-lethal round fired by a police officer.

Unofficial church fought the good fight and upheld the faith but now is a new era between Beijing and the Vatican, says Joseph Wei.

Most of those who fled the city have returned while others staying on the island get by with a little help from local friends, sources say.

‘I just want to test the rule of law in Hong Kong,” said the 25-year-old accountant as she walked from Causeway Bay to Wan Chai.

Third white paper in five months on controversial policies in the region says there have been no terror attacks for three years as a result of programme, in latest response to international criticism.

China’s top agency overseeing city affairs warns against angry youth going too far, but also appeals for peace.

State media urge ‘people who love’ the city to stand with its embattled police and administration.

Group of students travelled to the self-ruled island to find out about seeking asylum there before returning to the city, according to sources.

64-year-old was attending the opening of a building materials store in southern China’s Guangdong province when he was attacked by a man wielding a knife.

Anywhere between a dozen and 60 protesters have arrived on the island since July, but there is no clear legal road map for how to process their cases.

Li Wenzu expresses concern about husband’s condition after she and their son were finally allowed to visit him in prison.

Censorship, silence and time have created a gulf between the young people who witnessed the crackdown 30 years ago and those who came after them.

Don’t politicise consumer products with patriotism, says founder Ren Zhengfei.