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The southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen has ended mandatory Covid testing to enter public venues, joining a growing list of local authorities easing the strict social curbs imposed across the country since the pandemic broke out three years ago.

Bangkok Post

Inside China's fight over the future of zero-COVID

Samuel Ren is sick of zero-COVID.

Reuters

Relief and worry as major Chinese cities ease COVID curbs

Further easing of COVID-19 testing requirements and quarantine rules in some Chinese cities was met with a mix of relief and worry on Friday, as hundreds of millions await an expected shift in national virus policies after widespread social unrest.

Reuters

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SET rides Asian market upswell

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joined an Asian rally yesterday, a day after Thailand lifted its key interest rate, as investors took heart from the Federal Reserve chairman's remarks on US rate hikes and signs China is easing its Covid-19 measures.

Bangkok Post

China entering "new stage" of COVID response, senior official says

A number of cities in China have eased some testing requirements and movement restrictions this week.

Axios

First Thing: US House moves to block rail strike, mandate paid sick leave

Lawmakers vote to impose contract deal on dozen unions despite majority of workers rejecting deal. Plus, China altering Covid line

The Guardian - UK

China signals easing of COVID-zero approach as cities relax lockdown measures

Cities like Guangzhou, Chongqing and Beijing announced they would relax some COVID measures amid public frustration with lockdowns, isolation and mass testing.

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China’s Vice Premier Urges Refining Covid Response

Sun Chunlan says the country’s battle against the virus requires a new approach as the omicron variant becomes less pathogenic and vaccination rates increase

Caixin Global

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

The Guardian - UK

China Signals Zero-Covid Relaxation after Nationwide Protests

China's top Covid official has softened his tone on the severity of the coronavirus and signaled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedom. Anger over China's zero-Covid policy -- which involves mass…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China’s vice-premier signals shift in Covid stance as some lockdowns eased

Sun Chunlan says Omicron less pathogenic as Beijing appears to respond to protests

The Guardian - AU

China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of historic protests

China is set to announce an easing of its COVID-19 quarantine protocols in the coming days and a reduction in mass testing, sources told Reuters, a marked shift in policy after anger over the world's toughest curbs fuelled widespread protests.

Reuters

Chinese vice premier urges improvements in COVID measures as pathogenicity weakens

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan called for further efforts to improve COVID-19 prevention and control measures, urging "optimisation" of testing, treatment and quarantine policies, as the virus weakens in pathogenicity, according to state media.

Reuters

China sees lockdowns surge in week since Covid policy adjusted

BEIJING: Covid control restrictions now weigh on a fifth of China's economy as infections continue their upward march, defying the central government's call for more targeted, less disruptive Covid Zero measures.

The Times of India

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Axios

No women named to China's powerful Politburo for first time in 25 years

The new leadership is also packed with Xi loyalists.

France 24

All Xi’s men: Takeaways from China’s historic Communist Party Congress

The 20th session of the Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing ended Sunday with Xi Jinping securing an unprecedented third presidential term. That was the set piece, arranged for maximum political ends. The real story though was the unscripted dramas – the men who rose and fell in the party’s…

The Guardian - UK

Xi Jinping chooses ‘yes’ men over economic growth in politburo purge

China’s president doubles down on ruling for life, excluding potential future leaders or factional rivals

The Guardian - UK

Women pushed even further from power in Xi Jinping’s China

Xi has revealed an all male politburo for the first time since 1997. The move erases one of the few steps women had made towards real power in Communist China

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Reuters

For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progress

As Xi Jinping consolidates power at China's 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality.

France 24

Women hit the political glass ceiling at China’s Communist Party Congress

Sun Chunlan, China’s “Iron Lady” and the only woman in the ruling party’s Politburo, is due to step down from her post at the 20th Communist Party Congress this week. There’s no guarantee that another woman will succeed her, providing yet another example of the systemic under-representation of Chinese women…

Al Jazeera

What you need to know about China’s 20th Communist Party Congress

China’s Communist Party is holding a historic Congress at which Xi Jinping is set to clinch an unprecedented third term.

Reuters

China's Communist Party leadership reshuffle: what to look for

China's ruling Communist Party will reshuffle its leadership when it holds a once-in-five-years Congress starting Oct 16, with Xi Jinping widely expected to stay on for a third term as general secretary, China's senior-most position.

Reuters

Factbox-China's 20th Communist Party Congress: who could be in Xi's new team?

China's Xi Jinping is widely expected to clinch a third five-year leadership at the upcoming congress of the ruling Communist Party, a mandate that would secure his stature as the country's most powerful ruler since founding leader Mao Zedong.

Reuters

China's Communist Party leadership reshuffle: what to look for

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Xi Jinping seeks his third term leading the Chinese Communist Party, while Li Keqiang retires after a decade in his shadow

With the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party just around the corner, Xi Jinping is seeking a third term. But the second-most powerful man in China is staring down the barrel of retirement, after a decade in Xi's shadow.

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