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China reinstating the health code to combat respiratory disease

WEBHealth codes across China were supposedly taken offline in the first quarter of this year. When Guangdong's health code went offline in February, the authorities …

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Is China finally seeing the end of the pandemic

WEBMi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC), said on 30 January, at the first press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and …

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Acupressure points and acupuncture: How does it work

WEBHealth News - The saying “一针,二灸,三用药” (roughly “needling first, moxibustion second, medicine third”) suggests that t Read more at thinkchina.sg. Is it …

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China's mystery pneumonia

WEBAnd although the World Health Organisation released a report on 5 January saying that based on current information, travel and trade limitations on China are not …

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How China's health code app permeates daily life and may still …

WEBChina’s use of the health code for pandemic control has illustrated the potential of digital technologies in the 21st century. However, there are concerns about …

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Rise of youth suicides in HK: Academic and unemployment woes

WEBStudies have identified academic stress, relationship problems and mental health as major contributing factors. Disruptions in relationships, especially between …

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Western medicine or Chinese medicine

WEBTCM treatment is said to have played a role in the fight against Covid-19 in China. The Beijing authorities recently sought public views on a set of proposed …

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China's zero-Covid regime: My home quarantine experience in …

WEBZaobao's Beijing correspondent Yang Danxu experienced a 14-day home quarantine for being in the vicinity of Covid-19 patients while in Gansu. From her first …

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Depression among China's college students reveals anxieties …

WEBThe grim employment outlook, volatile pandemic situation, along with the lack of mental health support, have led to elevated feelings of anxiety and insecurity …

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Paul Yip's Column ThinkChina

WEBProfessor Paul Yip is the chair professor (population health) at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, associate dean (knowledge exchange and …

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Chinese investments in Africa moving into new areas amid return …

WEBChina has started building on the Covid-19 health diplomacy momentum to explore the Health Silk Road initiative meant to advance health cooperation in Africa. …

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Chinese academic: Can North Korea's healthcare system survive …

WEBFor a long time, North Korea has maintained that it has no confirmed cases of the coronavirus, despite some reports suggesting otherwise. Whatever the truth of the …

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In a world split apart, where do you belong

WEBUS President Donald Trump announced on 29 May 2020 that the US would withdraw its membership from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is expected …

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Warming up of China-Japan ties hijacked by the pandemic

WEBA severely disrupted supply chain, an inevitable blame game, a collision in the East China Sea Dr Amrita Jash says that like many things this year, the warming …

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Rumours fly amid Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's absence

WEBFrom health reasons to alien abduction, the rumour mill is in overdrive. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Yang Danxu looks into the possible explanations and …

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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong: If America and China clash, …

WEBThe US Chamber of Commerce held its inaugural Global Forum on Economic Recovery on 18-19 May 2021. In a fireside chat with US Chamber of …

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Poverty alleviation in Tibet: For young Tibetans, material wealth …

WEBA rapidly changing Tibet. The government has poured in some 75 billion RMB (S$15.3 billion) of poverty alleviation funds into the region since 2016. As of the end of …

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Vast difference in expectations of local governments in the US and …

WEBWu Guo notes that local governments in the US are rarely intrusive in the lives of residents, often getting involved only in matters of taxation, public environment and …

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How China's corrupt ex-police official Sun Lijun gained clout in the …

WEBSubsequently, his father pulled strings and arranged for him to work in the health department in Shanghai, and he began to think about how to make money from …

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Can the US afford a war with China

WEBThe US's propensity for spending more than it has has landed it in a US$31 trillion debt. Furthermore, the US's actions against Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and China …

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China local governments' fiscal stress may roll over to 2023, think

WEBData from the Chinese Ministry of Finance shows that revenue in the local general public budget dropped 2.1% to 10.9 trillion RMB in 2022. As massive tax relief, …

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