Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Labour vs luxury: virus tracing highlights China’s inequality

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BEIJING: The stark contrast between the lives of two coronavirus patients unearthed by Chinese contact tracers sparked a widespread debate on Thursday over the country’s entrenched wealth inequality. One patient recently infected in Beijing went skiing, shopped at Dior and watched live comedy. Another hauled construction waste through the night across China’s capital, working more … Read more

Beijing cancels flights, shuts schools as new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks

More than 1,200 flights canceled in Beijing’s airport and almost every school was closed again on Wednesday as the new wave of Coronavirus breaks into the country’s capital linked to a wholesale food market. On Wednesday, 31 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the city. The officials requested residents not to leave Beijing, with fears … Read more