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SHANGHAI: China is setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations, with 9,000 already completed in Shanghai alone, as authorities seek to "normalise" tough pandemic controls even after the current round of lockdowns end. At present, nearly 25 million residents in the eastern financial hub of Shanghai remain under some…

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published : 5 May 2022 at 20:54 Rescue workers carry a survivor on a stretcher more than 131 hours after a building collapsed in Changsha, Hunan province, China, on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters) The number of people confirmed dead after a building in China collapsed has risen to 26, state media…

Updated 43 minutes ago · Published on 5 May 2022 9:40PM · Taiwanese Defence Minister Chiu Kuo Cheng indicates that the island is looking for suitable replacements for anti-submarine helicopters from the United States after the deal fell through. – EPA pic, May 5, 2022. TAIWAN has opted out of…

The central city of Zhengzhou earlier also announced restrictions, joining dozens of big population centres under some form of lockdown as China seeks to eliminate a virus believed to have first emerged in Wuhan city in late 2019. But that uncompromising battle is undermining its growth and hurting international companies invested there,…

BEIJING (AP) — China's Liaoning aircraft carrier group has embarked on a “realistic combat” training mission in the Western Pacific, the Chinese navy said Tuesday. In a posting on its social media site, the navy said the mission is routine, adhers to all international laws and practices and is “not…

The study was jointly conducted by multiple health and nutrition organisations in China including the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Chinese Nutrition Society, as well as several population health research bodies in Australia including the University of Wollogong and University of Sydney. The researchers performed a cross-sectional study using…

What Happened: Back in 2004, Hello Kitty celebrated its 30th anniversary by dropping a collaboration with Nike, co-designing a playful take on the Air Presto silhouette. Originally, there was supposed to be a limited batch of 500 pairs released, but in the end, there were just 12 pairs of the…

Eight people have been rescued from a collapsed building in Hunan province, while dozens are still missing, China's state broadcaster reported today. The eight-story building collapsed on Friday in the provincial capital, Changsha. During an initial search, 23 people were identified as trapped inside the building and another 39 are missing. Changsha…

Placeholder while article actions load BEIJING — Only a trickle of visitors strolled the pedestrian-only streets Sunday in central Beijing’s historic Qianmen district, which normally would be bustling with tourists on what was a national holiday and a sunny spring day. Many Chinese marked a quiet May Day this year…