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    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      ‘We have no beds, we have no oxygen’: Covid overwhelms Beijing’s hospitals

      China’s coronavirus exit wave overwhelms one of the country’s best healthcare systems

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      Beijing succumbs to Covid after Xi lifts pandemic restrictions

      China’s capital inundated with cases following government’s abrupt U-turn on virus containment strategy

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Beijing death toll mounts as Covid sweeps through Chinese capital

      Official count shows no fatalities in weeks but bodies have been seen at hospitals and crematoria

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      Beijing running out of fever medication as Covid outbreak spreads

      Hospitals ration supplies and long queues form at testing centres as China relaxes restrictions

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Chinese politics & policy
      European businesses urge China to open up as Covid cases rocket

      Beijing and Guangzhou are on the brink of lockdowns as daily infections hit record levels

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China lockdowns reach record level as coronavirus cases soar

      Country sticks to zero-Covid policy, with almost 28,000 new infections reported

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      Europe Express
      Europe wakes up to collateral damage from US-China rivalry Premium content

      Germany’s debate on decoupling from Beijing highlights the perils of walking the tightrope between the great powers

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Global InsightValentina Romei
      Global supply chain pressures are easing — for now

      Delays shorter and shipping costs lower but geopolitics and China’s Covid policy remain a threat

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      ‘Ferocious’ Omicron outbreak in Beijing sparks closures and mass testing

      Chinese capital and Shanghai reintroduce restrictions just days after measures were lifted

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      Residents and guards suffer on Beijing’s zero-Covid front line

      China’s strict policy puts citizens at mercy of unpredictable isolation orders as security camps outside

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      China
      Harrow Beijing school loses its hallowed British branding

      Regulations force Chinese affiliate of famous English public school to drop its foreign name

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      FT Magazine
      The trials of owning an illegal dog in Beijing

      In China’s strictest city for dog-owners, a growing community of big dog-lovers learns how to live on the wrong side of the law

    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China lockdowns erode multinationals’ revenues

      Consumer confidence collapses as authorities enforce Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

    • Monday, 2 May, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Beijing teeters on edge of Covid lockdown

      Gyms and cinemas shut as data reveal impact of restrictions on China’s economy

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China’s Covid booster campaign slows as staff redirected to mass testing

      Almost 20mn Beijing residents will have to undergo 3 rounds of tests by Saturday

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      Tech Tonic podcast29 min listen
      US-China Tech Race: shock and awe

      How Beijing got ahead in hypersonic weapons

    • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast26 min listen
      US-China Tech Race: shock and awe

      How Beijing got ahead in hypersonic weapons

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      Tech Tonic podcast26 min listen
      US-China Tech Race: Chips with everything

      How Taiwan got stuck in the middle of the US-China tech rivalry

    • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      Olympics chief rejects talk of ‘political issues’ on eve of Winter Games

      Western diplomats to boycott event over China’s persecution of Uyghur population

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
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      Chinese ski hub buried in debt after Beijing Winter Olympics building spree

      Chongli suffers losses as Beijing’s property credit and pandemic crackdowns take toll

    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Beijing Winter Olympics
      Beijing tightens Covid restrictions in parts of capital ahead of Olympics

      Officials widen measures ahead of next month’s Games as IOC confirms plans for Peng Shuai meeting

    • Saturday, 22 January, 2022
      News in-depthBeijing Winter Olympics
      Beijing Winter Olympics poses challenge to China’s zero-Covid policy

      Event was intended to be symbol of country’s ascendancy but has been marred by pandemic and diplomatic tensions

    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      LexChinese economy
      China rate cut: Winter Olympics helps push economy downhill Premium content

      Beijing’s zero-Covid policy trades GDP growth for international prestige ahead of the Games

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Beijing shuts down transport links as Delta variant spreads to cities

      Vaccinated citizens infected in latest outbreak, but expert insists China-made jabs are effective

    • Monday, 22 March, 2021
      Chinese politics & policy
      Canada denied entry to Beijing trial of former diplomat

      Michael Kovrig was arrested in apparent retaliation for 2018 detention of Huawei CFO

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