https://www.scmp.com/rss/506287/feed Rajni George is a writer and editor based in South India. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s announcement that it will ease entry rules for foreign workers inoculated with a Chinese-manufactured vaccine has sparked uncertainty among those raring to return to their universities and jobs, especially in countries where no Chinese vaccines are available or vaccinations are progressing slowly. In India, where less than 3 per cent of the population has been vaccinated and the Chinese vaccine is not available, some options being discussed by Twitter users include getting vaccinated in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3126238/indians-thais-seeking-china-return-question-visa-rule?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3126238/indians-thais-seeking-china-return-question-visa-rule?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Mar 2021 01:00:11 +0000 Amar Singh Azad, a 71-year-old doctor in north India, has not worn a face mask since March, when a surge in coronavirus cases led to a national lockdown. While the World Health Organization (WHO) now recommends the use of masks in public as a measure to curb the spread of Covid-19, Azad is doubtful this will have any effect. India has recorded some 7.6 million infections – making it the world’s second-worst hit nation behind the United States – but, also, high recovery rates. The doctor... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3106411/hell-corona-mask-slips-indias-covid-19-sceptics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3106411/hell-corona-mask-slips-indias-covid-19-sceptics?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:30:17 +0000 Indian businessman Tapan Gadodia has been unable to return to China, where his import-export company is based, since late January, when he left for his native country to escape what was then the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. Like thousands of other expatriate Indians returning for the Lunar New Year holiday, fleeing the disease – or both – he found himself stranded in his home country in late March, as India closed its borders and China suspended the entry of foreign workers and... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3099802/stranded-indian-expats-weigh-china-return-amid-covid-19-border?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3099802/stranded-indian-expats-weigh-china-return-amid-covid-19-border?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Sep 2020 01:00:11 +0000 For six months now, Naresh Subnani’s textile company in Shaoxing city, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, has not received any orders. Few people have also been dining at his award-winning Indian-Chinese restaurant in the same city since the coronavirus outbreak began. The 38-year-old businessman is among thousands of Indian nationals in China dealing with economic woes amid the pandemic – and with ties between New Delhi and Beijing at a new low following a deadly border clash last... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3091702/china-and-india-quarrel-stranded-families-get-caught-between?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3091702/china-and-india-quarrel-stranded-families-get-caught-between?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Jul 2020 07:47:19 +0000 Indian national Ramashis Das has called Beijing home since 2013. The 36-year-old Microsoft employee works at the US tech giant’s offices in the Chinese capital with his wife Trinisha Basak, 31. But after the birth of their son Zian in September, the couple decided to return to India for a while – Basak leaving first, followed by Das in January. The high roads to border conflict through India and China They had not intended to be away from Beijing for very long, but have since become trapped in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3089160/missing-china-indian-expatriates-stranded-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3089160/missing-china-indian-expatriates-stranded-coronavirus?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jun 2020 01:00:14 +0000