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China: Political opponents hinder Xi Jinping's bid for third term in offic
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 11 (ANI): As the Chinese President Xi Jinping is eyeing to secure a third term in office, his political opponents are challenging this bid of the President at a time when his much-criticized strict "Zero-COVID" policies have brought the entire nation to the brink of eco
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President Xi interacts with local people without masks in Sichuan province
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 10 (ANI): President Xi Jinping visited southwest China's Sichuan province and interacted with local people without wearing a face mask while enforcing strict COVID-19 measures in Shanghai.
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Xi Jinping's infamous zero-covid policy takes toll on cash-strapped local
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): Amid the rising covid infections, Xi Jinping's infamous Zero-Covid Policy has taken a toll on already cash-strapped local governments.
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21 new local COVID-19 cases in China
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 4 (ANI): China reported 21 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 11 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and five each in Beijing and Shanghai in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Saturday.
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China faces period of uncertainty amid Covid, economic slowdown
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 4 (ANI): From the devasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the economic slowdown in the country, China has been facing severe criticism due to its so-called "zero Covid policy".
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Faced with economic bleeding, Xi left with no choice but to tap Premier Li
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 2 (ANI): In order to stabilize the nation's bleeding economy and avoid negative growth in the April-June quarter, Chinese premier Li Keqiang has been brought back at the forefront to revive the economy
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China reports 18 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 2 (ANI): The Chinese mainland reported 18 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 11 in Beijing and five in Shanghai in the past 24 hours, according to the National Health Commission's report Thursday.
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Chinese yuan weakens to 6.6651 against US dollar
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 1 (ANI): The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 44 pips to 6.6651 against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, according to China Foreign Exchange Trade System.
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University students protest against China's Zero-COVID policy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): In continuing protests against the imposition of strict Covid lockdown and China's Zero-COVID policy, students from Tianjin University staged a demonstration to protest against the local administration.
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Beijing relaxes COVID measures despite high-risk areas
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 29 (ANI): While the Chinese capital, Beijing, gradually returns to normalcy, experts noted that the work to prevent COVID-19 cannot be relaxed as the city still has many high-risk areas where Omicron flare-ups can be seen.
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China: Ruling Party shies away from blaming Xi's Covid policy as economy f
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 28 (ANI): China's concern to achieve the ambitious goal of uprooting Covid lock, stock, and barrel before the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2022 has badly affected the economy.
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China: CCP launches new measures to save 'failing' economy
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 26 (ANI): As Chinese President Xi Jinping is adamant about not dissolving his Zero Covid policy even at the risk of alienating more people, his party is launching measures to "stabilise" the faltering Chinese economy.
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