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Son of Chinese conglomerate's chairman banned from social media for critic
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): Social media accounts of Chinese national, Wang Sicong, who spoke against the country's suppression of media voices and Shanghai's strict lockdowns have been banned, local media reported on Friday.
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China: Shanghai residents vent online at COVID-19 situation amid censorshi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 23 (ANI): Amid strict lockdown measures, breakdown of supply chains, food shortages and increasing COVID-19 cases, the residents of China's economic hub of Shanghai are venting online even as government censors try to control the flood of critical comments pouring in.
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COVID-19 deaths rise in Shanghai as city enforces strict rules
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 23 (ANI): The COVID-19 death toll continues to rise in China's economic hub of Shanghai even as strict lockdown measures wreak havoc in the daily lives of ordinary people.
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China attempts to restart economic activity by exempting companies from lo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): The Chinese authorities have initiated steps, in order to restore the supply chains and restart economic activity by exempting companies from strict lockdown restrictions, local media reported.
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Diplomatic community in Shanghai bear brunt of COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 12 (ANI): Distress signals have started to emerge from the lock-down or restrictions imposed by the Chinese government in Shanghai in the wake of the COVID-19 resurgence in the city.
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China's strict Zero-COVID policy causes chaos
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 11 (ANI): The other shoe has dropped for China, as it battles COVID-19 outbreaks in various locations, including Shanghai. In the past, Chinese netizens spent considerable energy mocking foreign countries as the pandemic swept unchecked, but now China's government is stru
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Strict lockdown policy cut down China's GDP by half
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], March 30 (ANI): In the last few weeks, China has seen its worst COVID outbreak since the initial height of the pandemic in early 2020 when the economy slumped. The latest surge in cases could hit first-quarter gross domestic product by at least half of a percentage point.
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China faces challenges amid rising COVID-19 cases ahead of Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): Weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics, China is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases in its major cities including Beijing despite the strict lockdown, said a media report.
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COVID Omicron variant: Netherlands re-imposes strict lockdown, UK too mull
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], December 19 (ANI): Across Europe there is a looming sense of dread over the surge in COVID-19 Omicron variant cases, forcing the Netherlands on Sunday to re-impose strict lockdown and UK mulling over new restrictive measures to contain the virus.
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Study analyses impact of lockdown over non-COVID deaths
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Pok Fu Lam [Hong Kong], December 12 (ANI): An international team of researchers led by Dr Guojun He, Associate Professor in Economics and Management & Strategy at HKU Business School, investigated how China's strict lockdown affected non-COVID mortality.
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Bangladesh set to come out of COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh is all set to end its weeks-long strict lockdown imposed against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Bangladesh extends strict lockdown till August 5
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 22 (ANI): Bangladesh on Thursday again extended the strict lockdown until August 5 in order to control the spread of COVID-19.
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