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Zero-Covid policy: why is China still having severe lockdowns?
Strict measures that continue almost three years into pandemic are prompting widespread protests. Here are the…
How China’s Covid protests are being silenced
China's censorship machine is going to great lengths to prevent people seeing scenes of protest in multiple…
China’s rebellious youth has forgotten Tiananmen
The new generation are victims of forced collective amnesia — with little sense of how hard the state is…
US and China in first South China Sea encounter since Xi-Biden meeting
The United States and Chinese militaries exchanged harsh words Tuesday after a US Navy warship performed the…
China Covid: Chinese protesters say police seeking them out
People in China who attended weekend protests against Covid restrictions say they have been contacted by…
China’s Urumqi to ease Covid lockdown amid public anger over deadly fire
Chinese authorities said Saturday they would ease a months-long Covid lockdown in the country’s far western…
Imran Khan says his party will quit all assemblies in Pakistan
Pakistan's former premier Imran Khan said Saturday his party was quitting the country's regional and…
Pakistan receives $500m from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Tuesday that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) had…
Former Spymaster Takes Charge of Pakistan’s Military
Pakistan’s new military chief took command of the country’s armed forces on Tuesday amid a deepening political…
Can Pakistan avoid becoming an international basket case?
The infelicitous phrase ‘international basket case’ might better apply to Pakistan today than when it was…