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Hong Kong Disneyland reopens as Covid restrictions ease

Hong Kong has relaxed pandemic restrictions, with Disneyland and museums reopening and night-time restaurant dining resuming as the city’s worst Covid-19 outbreak appears to be fading. Enthusiastic visitors ran into Disneyland the moment the gates ...

22 Apr 2022 at 09:55

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WHO: Worldwide Covid deaths fell 17% last week, but cases rising

The number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week but Covid-19 infections rose, reversing a decline in cases that first began in January, according to the World Health Organisation. In the UN health agency’s ...

16 Mar 2022 at 11:55

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Hong Kong reviews Covid restrictions as cases decline

Hong Kong’s leader has said the government will consider lifting strict social distancing measures as new Covid infections in the city continue to fall. Hong Kong has seen a massive outbreak, recording more than one million total cases in ...

20 Mar 2022 at 10:25

Call for action to increase take-up of Chinese Studies at UK universities

The Government must review whether university courses in Chinese Studies need targeted funding to address a lack of “China competency” across the population, researchers have said. A study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), ...

31 Mar 2022 at 16:55

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Carrie Lam to quit as Hong Kong leader without seeking second term

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek a second term and will depart public service after more than four decades. The successor of Ms Lam, who survived massive protests against her government in 2019 and oversaw the ...

04 Apr 2022 at 06:55

Senior UK judges resign from roles at Hong Kong court over human rights concerns

British judges will be withdrawn from serving in Hong Kong’s top court because of concerns about the erosion of human rights. The Foreign Office said it was “no longer tenable” for serving UK judges to sit in the court because ...

30 Mar 2022 at 11:25

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HSBC profits plunge on Ukraine war and inflation worries

Banking giant HSBC has seen first-quarter profits tumble by more than a quarter after taking a hit on expected bad debts due to the Ukraine war and soaring inflation. The lender posted a 28% drop in pre-tax profits to 4.2 ...

26 Apr 2022 at 09:25

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Hong Kong Covid controls may be tightened further

Tough coronavirus rules that ban public gatherings in Hong Kong of more than two people might be tightened to stop a surge in infections, the territory’s top health official has said. Speaking as 14 more deaths and 6,000 ...

20 Feb 2022 at 13:25

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China shuts business centre of Shenzhen to fight Covid surge

China’s government has responded to a spike in coronavirus infections by shutting down its southern business centre of Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, and restricted access to Shanghai by suspending bus ...

13 Mar 2022 at 14:25

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Access to Shanghai tightened as China’s Covid cases rise

The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s north-east tripled on Sunday and authorities tightened control on access to Shanghai in the east. Bus services in the city of 24 million people were ...

13 Mar 2022 at 07:55

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Prudential warns of Ukraine conflict risks as annual earnings jump

Insurance giant Prudential warned about risks of global economic and financial market fallout from the Ukraine conflict as it posted a jump in annual earnings. The Asia and Africa-focused group said Russia’s ...

09 Mar 2022 at 11:25

Truss condemns China and Hong Kong authorities over threat to ‘silence’ critics

The UK accused the authorities in China and Hong Kong of an unjustified assault on free speech after a human rights organisation was threatened under a “draconian” security law. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss ...

14 Mar 2022 at 09:55

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