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Calculating pandemic deaths led to the 'cruellest Covid joke on the world'.
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The country continues to pursue a strict policy of Covid elimination.
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Solomons govt confirms China's security request, condemns misinformation.
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New York Times: Fear the strict policy has become another Mao-style political campaign.
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Shanghai has been forced to rethink its brutal Covid-19 strategy.
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China's largest city has been under lockdown since April 5.
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Shanghai hospital pays price for zero-Covid policy
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China resorts to new lockdown measures, horror as corgi beaten to death by health worker
Lockdowns in Shanghai as Omicron infections rise above 10,000.
Shanghai seethes in Covid lockdown, posing test to China's leadership
New York Times: Heavy-handed restrictions set off chaos in China's commercial heart.
Covid patients fight for food and water in Shanghai
China's zero policy for Covid has put pressure on accessing basic food supplies.
'Totally inhumane': Child separations feed anger in a locked-down Shanghai
New York Times: Outrage erupted after images circulated of children isolated from parents.
China feels the strain of Covid, Russia and the economy
New York Times: Some are now asking aloud whether the country is on the wrong track.
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Australian journalist who worked for Chinese media on trial in Beijing
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WHO predicts significant change to global Covid crisis
World Health Organisation releases report outlining how pandemic is expected to play out.
China's TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda
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Solomons' leader confirms security pact with China
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Shanghai starts China's biggest Covid-19 lockdown in 2 years
Questions are raised about the economic toll of the nation's 'zero-Covid' strategy.
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The government is yet to decide if it will withdraw the Defence Force from the Solomons.
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'Gravely concerning': PM on Chinese warships being allowed in South Pacific
Ardern says there is no need for China to station military vessels near Solomon Islands.
China's security pact with Solomon Islands raises alarm in the Pacific
New York Times: The agreement could give China a pivotal foothold in the region.
'Very concerning': Nanaia Mahuta reacts to leaked China-Solomon Islands policing 'deal'
"This purported agreement could destabilise the current institutions and arrangements..."
China Eastern pilots were highly experienced, adding to crash's mystery
New York Times: Pilot and co-pilot were industry veterans with 'stable family conditions'.
'Important': China backs Russia over big issue
The US has raised the prospect of excluding Vladimir Putin from the G20 summit.
One black box found in China Eastern plane crash
Recovering so-called black boxes is considered key to figuring out what caused crash.
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New York Times: 132 people have likely perished in China's worst air disaster in a decade.
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