Journalism of Courage
As infections start to rise in China again, fresh lockdowns are being imposed from Wuhan, the epicentre of the pandemic, to China’s industrial belt on the east coast. (AP photo)
China reported 1,321 new Covid cases on Thursday, the highest tally in two weeks. Schools and dining in at restaurants in the southern manufacturing powerhouse of Guangzhou have been suspended. (AP photo)
Here, volunteers wearing face masks are shown holding fans with the health check QR codes for people to scan before entering to a residential building in Beijing on Thursday. (AP photo)
Investors hoped China would ease its stringent 'Covid Zero' strategy once the Communist Party Congress cemented President Xi Jinping’s grip on power. Instead, the opposite seems to be happening.(AP photo)
A survey by Japanese bank Nomura found the number of Chinese citizens under Covid control measures right now is around 232 million, up from 225 million last week.(Reuters photo)
At the start of the lockdown, authorities said it would last just days but then kept extending the deadline. China has shown no sign of backing away from its stringent 'Zero Covid' policy. (Reuters Photo)
As of mid-October, 90% of Chinese were fully vaccinated and 57% had received a booster shot. China has relied on domestically developed vaccines. (Reuters photo)
Despite its costs, and the World Health Organization calling it unsustainable, China credits its strategy with keeping case numbers and deaths at a fraction of those in other countries, although Beijing's figures have frequently been questioned (Reuters photo)
