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China’s financial capital is preparing to end more than two months of lockdowns after four straight days with no Covid-19 deaths and with new cases at their lowest since early March.

The pace of economic decline in China slowed in May, but economists are skeptical about a big revival as long as the government takes a zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19 outbreaks.

Versions of Shanghai’s lockdown are playing out across the country, adding to anxiety among many younger Chinese over limited upward mobility and dissipating their desire to start families, buy apartments or start businesses.

China’s global campaign to expand the reach of its political positions is helping it secure a coveted piece of online real estate: first-page search results on Google and other major Western portals.

Leader’s visit to Hong Kong to mark the 25th handover anniversary is likely to be reduced to a single day and could be canceled if Covid-19 outbreaks flare up again.

Premier Li Keqiang acknowledges business effect of lockdowns and touts vaccinations in meetings with foreign executives, marking a contrast with President Xi Jinping.

Courtrooms are the main venue left for Hong Kong lawyer Chow Hang-tung to keep alive memories of the events of 1989, as the city erases statues and other memorials.

China’s use of state-directed funds, cheap loans and incentives surpasses other major economies.

The president’s comments, during his first trip to Asia as commander in chief, sparked uncertainty over whether the U.S. was moving away from its longstanding policy of “strategic ambiguity” on Taiwan.

Beijing is flexing its military power in response to growing U.S. support for the island. Here’s a primer on the frictions.

The visit is a culmination of yearslong efforts by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assess allegations of rights abuses in China’s campaign to forcibly assimilate Muslims in Xinjiang.

Internet users are turning to blockchain technology to prevent pandemic-related content including images, videos and social-media posts from disappearing.

The shooting has spotlighted a politically active Presbyterian congregation that is spread across the U.S. and closely associated with supporters of Taiwan independence.

China’s central bank cut a benchmark interest rate, a shift that economists said would likely help the moribund housing market but bring only limited relief to the struggling economy.

An internal Communist Party directive bars senior officials from owning property abroad or stakes in overseas entities, whether directly or through spouses and children.

As part of broader scrutiny on the People’s Bank of China, monetary-policy chief Sun Guofeng is said to face suspicions of leaking economic data.

Flight data suggests that someone in the cockpit of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed in March put the aircraft into a near-vertical descent, according to a preliminary U.S. assessment.

The city marked a third straight day with no community transmissions, a key milestone toward ending an outbreak that has brought China’s financial capital to a grinding halt.

The capital remains on edge over Covid-19 restrictions while daily cases in Shanghai drop below 1,000.

Officials in China’s financial hub outlined plans for a phased reopening of shopping malls, supermarkets and other businesses after nearly two months of a hard lockdown.