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Volunteers and government workers in Shanghai erected metal barriers in multiple districts as China hardens its strict 'zero-COVID' approach in its largest city.

As lockdown continues in China's most populous city Shanghai, how long can Beijing hold on to its Covid-zero strategy? And how will the restrictions in China's economic and financial hub impact the rest of Asia?

The five-day May Day holiday is usually one of China's busiest travel periods. But a resurgence of the coronavirus is expected to keep people at home. Authorities in Beijing are tightening COVID-19 restrictions to contain an outbreak in the city. Meanwhile in Shanghai, residents are losing patience after being cooped up at home for more than a month in China's largest lockdown.

Has China's 'zero-covid' strategy failed? 343 Million people in 46 cities are under lockdown, but the cases are still rising. The restrictions are not only bleeding China's economy, they've also led to rare signs of dissent.

In many parts of the world most Covid restrictions are gone, but in China zero Covid remains the strategy. Health officials in the country believe if they give up now, their efforts would have amounted to nothing, but attempts to become zero Covid keep cities such as Shanghai in lockdown.

Almost all of Beijing's 21 million residents had to be tested three times for COVID-19 this week as China continues its zero-COVID policies.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was once touted to become the world's richest man, he has now slipped to the 12th spot. Zuckerberg was the face of the social media revolution, he has now become the face of big tech's tyranny.

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After Shanghai, China is grappling with a surge in the number of Covid cases in its capital city Beijing. While the crackdown is still in place, there is scepticism that China may under-report the actual numbers.

A new subtype of the coronavirus has been detected near Shanghai it is something that the world hasn't seen before. China's massive outbreak is already making the world nervous as fears linger it could fuel another major outbreak in other parts of the world.

Voices charged with raw frustration, agony and desperation are among the montage of audio recordings featured in "Voices of April," a video documenting the harsh impact of Shanghai's nearly month-long lockdown

Twenty-six million people are under a massive COVID-19 lockdown in China, leading to protests over food and medicine.

Chinese authorities are closely tracking coronavirus cases in its capital city and setting up mass testing sites for millions, as people fear another strict lockdown could soon be enforced.

Chinese authorities ordered Covid-19 testing for some 20 million people in Beijing to contain an outbreak of what officials say is roughly 140 cases. The move triggered panic buying as residents fear a harsh lockdown. In Shanghai, metal fencing is being used to barricade residents in their homes.

China has sharpened Covid screening in Beijing to prevent chaos like what we saw in Shanghai but many commuters are not happy about the restrictions. For Chinese commuter workers, waking up in the early mornings to travel miles away for work has gotten even tougher than before.

Shanghai resident Kumi Wu was already recovering from a sore throat when she received the order to quarantine at a makeshift Covid-19 hospital in Shanghai’s Pudong district. The 26-year-old began recording her experience entering a system stretched thin by the city’s ongoing lockdowns amid its worst coronavirus outbreak. It took three days of being confined to chaotic and unsanitary transit centres before she finally was able to reach the quarantine hospital, where she still remains as of April 24, 2022.

Germany is displacing Afghan refugees to accommodate those fleeing the war in Ukraine. Reports say Ukrainians are being given better housing and accommodation, while Afghans are being evicted from their homes.

China is witnessing its worst COVID outbreak in over two years. After Shanghai, Beijing is now under threat as the cases in the capital city have also started to increase. Beijing reported 22 new cases on Sunday, the outbreak along with the news of supply shortages in Shanghai has now triggered a massive panic amongst the citizens of Beijing

Beijing residents are nervously stockpiling food and supplies, fearing officials could implement a mass lockdown — similar to the one in Shanghai that’s kept millions inside their homes for weeks — to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.

Philippine Ambassador dies in Covid Quarantine in China

As Shanghai remains locked down amid China’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak, residents are taking to social media to vent about a shortage of food or they're bartering with neighbors. Anxiety and hunger are prompting many to question Beijing’s pandemic strategy.

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The answers to living a long and happy life may come from Japan which has the longest average life expectancy in the world (83.84 years) and where 2 million people are over the age of 90. Believe it or not, 6 of the top 10 oldest people alive are from Japan including Nabi Tajima of Kagoshima who is 117 years old and the last human alive born in the 19th century!

Shanghai's decision to convert some apartments into quarantine centres has infuriated tenants who have been evicted. As the lockdown in China’s largest city goes on, China’s president has ordered everyone nationwide to stick to the zero COVID-19 policy.