VIVIAN WANG
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China to Drop Covid Quarantine for Incoming Travelers
From Jan. 8, visitors will be required to show only a negative P.C.R. test taken within 48 hours. The restrictions had cut the country off...
The Chinese Dream, Denied
The world’s harshest Covid restrictions exemplify how Xi Jinping’s authoritarian excesses have rewritten Beijing’s longstanding social contract with its people.
At a China Covid Protest, a Mix of Giddy Elation and Anxiety
In a country where protests are swiftly quashed, many who gathered to voice their discontent — under the watchful eye of the police — were...
China’s Chest-Thumping Nationalism Now Goes Too Far, Movement’s Godfather Says
Wang Xiaodong, who helped pioneer China’s nationalist bravado, now fends off criticisms of being too moderate, too cozy with the West, even a traitor. “They’ve...
Beijing Turns Into a Fortress Ahead of the Communist Party Congress
The authorities in China have arrested a million criminal suspects, curbed travel to Beijing to keep Covid out, and deployed an army of neighborhood monitors.
In China, Living Not ‘With Covid,’ but With ‘Zero Covid’
The country’s strict coronavirus restrictions dictate the patterns of daily life, like waiting in line for frequent Covid tests and stocking up on extra groceries...
‘At the Breaking Point’: Tibetans, Under Lockdown, Make Rare Cries for Help
China’s ever-tightening Covid rules have prompted public complaints from residents of areas usually intimidated into keeping quiet.
China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Bind: No Easy Way Out Despite the Cost
From vaccines to propaganda, Beijing has prioritized politics over science, creating conditions that make it difficult for China to join other countries in adapting to...
China Imposes More Covid Lockdowns, Stoking Anxiety
Nearly every province has recorded infections in recent days, leaving some 60 million residents locked down. Weariness is growing by the day as the restrictions...
Lockdowns in China, and North Korea, Deal Double Blow to Bridge City
Shenyang, in China’s northeast, was a hub for North Korean workers and a launchpad for visits to Pyongyang. Covid restrictions have battered its economy.
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