zero-Covid policy

Chinese health chief Ma Xiaowei steps down after steering nation through pandemic and defending strict zero-Covid

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Ma Xiaowei, China’s health minister who handled the country’s Covid-19 response, has stepped down as he nears official retirement age, to be succeeded by his top deputy, Lei Haichao, a prominent public health expert. On Monday, the National Health Commission’s website showed deputy director Lei, 56, had been appointed Communist Party secretary of the NHC … Read more

China said goodbye to ‘zero-Covid’ rules over a year ago, but is Beijing still hanging on to the past?

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One of the complaints – which snowballed into a debate that drew a response from state news agency Xinhua – came after a social media user found that some Beijing subway stations still required identity verification to issue tickets. “I want to make sure that it is implemented in accordance with a currently valid regulation,” … Read more