https://www.scmp.com/rss/511563/feed Dylan Duan joined the Post in 2021 as an intern reporter on the China desk. He is currently pursuing a Master of Journalism at the University of Hong Kong. He has a Bachelor of Journalism from Zhejiang University and previously interned at mainland Chinese news portal The Paper. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Four flights from the United States were among 26 suspended by China on Friday as it moved to lower the risk of further Covid-19 infections being imported. The suspensions, which take effect from the week of January 24, include two flights apiece operated by American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The two carriers’ last flights to land in China respectively carried seven and nine passengers who tested positive, the Chinese aviation authority said. The 26 routes affected included flights from... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3163471/china-suspends-26-more-air-routes-4-us-over-covid-19-infections?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3163471/china-suspends-26-more-air-routes-4-us-over-covid-19-infections?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:29:54 +0000 Shanghai has reported its first locally transmitted symptomatic Covid-19 cases in almost a month, two of them employees of a bubble tea shop, which has been closed. The city’s health department reported two new local symptomatic cases and three asymptomatic cases. It had not reported a symptomatic case since December 17, and its previous asymptomatic case was on Friday last week. It was found that all five new cases shared the same transmission chain as an imported asymptomatic case reported on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163435/shanghai-covid-19-alert-new-cluster-closes-bubble-tea-shop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163435/shanghai-covid-19-alert-new-cluster-closes-bubble-tea-shop?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:55:16 +0000 Beijing has stepped up health checks on all inbound travellers as it tries to stop the spread of Covid-19 to the capital, weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympics. The city’s Covid-19 prevention and control office on Wednesday said there would be “more rigorous checks” on arrivals to the city – who are required to show negative test results – but did not give further details. It coincided with the discovery of a suspected case in Beijing’s southern Fengtai district. The person – a close contact... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163223/coronavirus-117-new-cases-add-outbreak-central-china-while?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163223/coronavirus-117-new-cases-add-outbreak-central-china-while?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Jan 2022 06:48:15 +0000 Strict prevention and control measures are needed in Henan as it battles the twin threats of the Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants, Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan said on Tuesday, capping a trip to the central province. Sun said the Omicron strain spread quickly and was highly infectious, putting containment measures in Anyang, now the centre of the province’s main outbreak, to the test, state news agency Xinhua reported. “It is necessary to further improve the efficiency of nucleic acid... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163098/chinese-vice-premier-calls-tougher-action-henans-omicron-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163098/chinese-vice-premier-calls-tougher-action-henans-omicron-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Jan 2022 10:00:19 +0000 Henan in central China has become the first province in the country to officially combat Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants at the same time, after the city of Anyang confirmed two Omicron infections on Monday. In all, 58 new community cases were detected in Anyang, city authorities said on Tuesday, bringing the total number of new cases in the province to 144. While it remained unclear whether all the new cases were the result of the Omicron variant, 56 out of 58 new Anyang cases were... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163010/chinese-province-takes-twin-coronavirus-fronts-omicron-and-delta?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3163010/chinese-province-takes-twin-coronavirus-fronts-omicron-and-delta?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:15:53 +0000 The Omicron outbreak in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin spread to central Henan nearly two weeks ago but was only discovered by health officials on Sunday. China is now trying to contain clusters of the highly infectious new Covid-19 strain as well as the Delta variant in multiple cities and provinces, with the Lunar New Year holiday and Beijing Winter Olympics just weeks away. In Henan – where several places are battling Delta outbreaks – Anyang city authorities on Monday said two... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3162796/omicron-puts-brakes-spring-festival-travel-rush-tianjin-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3162796/omicron-puts-brakes-spring-festival-travel-rush-tianjin-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:54:20 +0000 The only way Amelia Wang has been able to leave her college dormitory in nearly three weeks is by volunteering at the Covid-19 testing centre on campus. The final-year undergraduate student, like everyone else in Xian, was placed under lockdown on December 23 as the city rushed to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak. Wang, 23, was astonished to learn about the outbreak in the northwestern city of 13 million. “Xian did such a good job of hosting the National Games back in September. Since... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3162714/chinas-zero-covid-policy-xian-takes-stock-3rd-lockdown-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3162714/chinas-zero-covid-policy-xian-takes-stock-3rd-lockdown-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Jan 2022 09:25:14 +0000 The Chinese city of Xian has sacked or suspended several staff at a hospital where a woman who was reportedly eight months pregnant lost her baby after being refused admission because her Covid-19 test result had expired. The manager of Xian Gaoxin Hospital was suspended and those in charge of the outpatient and medical departments were dismissed, the municipal government said on Thursday, after an investigation. “The hospital should apologise to the public, actively reflect and sort out hidden... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3162327/xian-hospital-staff-punished-after-pregnant-woman-refused-entry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3162327/xian-hospital-staff-punished-after-pregnant-woman-refused-entry?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jan 2022 05:20:04 +0000 In November, the United States government added 12 more Chinese companies to its export blacklist, citing national security concerns. This time, quantum computing firms were among them. According to the US Commerce Department, some of the firms added to the blacklist aided the Chinese military’s “counter-stealth and counter-submarine applications, and the ability to break encryption or develop unbreakable encryption”. These are all applications that have been linked to quantum technology, which... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3161830/quantum-technology-how-it-works-applications-and-why-us-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3161830/quantum-technology-how-it-works-applications-and-why-us-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Jan 2022 07:00:31 +0000