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Chinese national complains about South Korea’s targeted Covid-19 curbs for arrivals from China

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A Chinese national quarantining at a hotel in South Korea has lodged a public complaint about Seoul’s new Covid-19 restrictions for travellers from China. The woman was ordered to undergo a mandatory seven-day quarantine on January 6, 2023, after testing positive for the coronavirus on arrival at Incheon International Airport even though she had boarded the…

‘Let Hong Kong be Hong Kong again’: Inbound travellers welcome lifting of Covid curbs

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong scrapped the use of its “Leave Home Safe” app and removed most of its Covid restrictions for incoming travellers, starting on December 14, 2022. Previously, all arriving passengers had been subject to pandemic curbs, which prevented them from entering venues like restaurants, gyms and beauty parlours during their first three days in the city….

‘Caught in a dilemma’: Beijingers frustrated by 3 years of Covid travel curbs in Chinese capital

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube China’s National Day holiday is an annual week-long break starting October 1 that in past years has been the peak travel season when millions of people visit other parts of the country or go abroad. But in 2022, many Chinese, including residents of the capital Beijing, have dropped plans to leave their local regions because of…

Malaysia’s China-linked multibillion-dollar ghost town project stalled by Covid and capital curbs

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Forest City, a US$100-billion property development by a China-linked company in southern Malaysia, was built to house up to 700,000 people once completed in 2035. But the huge residential and commercial project resembles a ghost town today, with an estimated 2,000 residents living on the site. The clampdown on capital outflows from China and the Covid-19…

Beijing imposes new COVID curbs over nightclub virus cluster

Mass Covid-19 testing and neighbourhood lockdowns have been reimposed in Beijing and Shanghai after new virus clusters. The strict Heavy-handed measures are taking their toll on the economy, with new data pointing to a difficult recovery. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports from Beijing, China. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our…

Beijing students protest Covid-19 curbs on campus in rare act of defiance

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hundreds of students at an elite Beijing university protested against strict Covid-19 curbs on campus, in a rare show of defiance. Anger mounted over the weekend at Peking University after the school tried to erect a wall and banned food deliveries. Across Beijing, most restaurants and public spaces have temporarily closed and millions of residents must…

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