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A resident in the Chinese city describes the feeling of liberation as Covid restrictions are lifted, while remaining nervous about the coming wave
The easing of Covid restrictions over the past week has happened almost as quickly as the abrupt measures to lock down cities at the beginning of the pandemic.
At first I was sceptical and thought the situation would only go back to how it was in the second half of 2020, when China stayed mostly clear of infections with only mild restrictions in place, even though the rest of the world was being bombarded by the virus.

Dredging and landfill work creates 170 hectares of new land in Spratly Islands, which are also claimed by China and others
Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China Sea outposts in the second half of this year, signalling an intent to significantly fortify its claims in the disputed waterway.
Washington’s Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has said on Wednesday the work in the Spratly Islands, which are also claimed by China and others, had created roughly 170 hectares (420 acres) of new land and brought the total area Vietnam had reclaimed in the past decade to 220 hectares.

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American and Chinese visitors have submitted the most applications for Thailand's 10-year visa program since its launch on September 1, a Thai official said.

In a region where China and the United States fight for influence, observers await results from the vote to choose the island nation’s prime minister — and to see if the outcome will be respected.

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SARS-CoV-2 may have been tied to China’s biological weapons research program and spilled over to the human population during a lab-related incident at the Wuhan Institute of ...

Thomas L. Keon got backlash from the Asian American community after he mocked Asian languages in an apparent impression onstage.

President Biden and his aides do not want the nearly 50 African leaders attending the event to perceive that official U.S. interests on the continent are mainly driven by a desire to counter China.

Delegates from developing nations leave discussions as divisions grow over who should pay to protect biodiversity
Divisions between developed and developing nations over who should pay to protect Earth’s ecosystems are threatening to derail a UN biodiversity summit after a group of developing countries walked out of discussions overnight.
In echoes of last month’s Cop27 climate summit in Egypt – where countries agreed to create a new fund to compensate loss and damage from global heating in vulnerable nations – countries from the global south left Cop15 talks on Wednesday due to disagreements over finance.

The UK foreign secretary has said the Chinese consulate staff who attacked protesters outside their consular building in Manchester have been sent home. 'In response to our request the Chinese government have now removed from the UK those officials, including the consul general himself. This demonstrates our adherence to the rule of law,' James Cleverly said on Wednesday. 
Consular staff attacked a group of pro-democracy demonstrators in mid-October after they attempted to take down a banner taunting the Chinese president, Xi Jinping. One of the protesters emerged badly bruised after he was dragged into the compound and beaten