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The Chinese government ordered officials to cut back on mass testing and hair-trigger regional lockdowns, in a pivot from stringent pandemic rules.

Asian students work to appear "less Asian" on their college applications to secure spots at coveted elite institutions, The New York Times recently reported. It's actually a long-standing ...

Public unrest erupted across the country after years of disruptive restrictions. These photographs give a glimpse of life under those measures.

Pressure is increasing on world leaders to make progress at the UN biodiversity summit – but the pile of unfinished tasks is mounting
All procrastinators know the feeling: an enormous task is not close to being finished, time is slipping away and the pressure to act has become impossible to ignore. But despite the mounting unease, there is still not yet enough pressure to take action, and it is unclear if there ever will be.
At the Palais des congrès de Montréal convention centre at Cop15, after more than two years of delays, there is a sense that governments tasked with agreeing this decade’s targets for protecting life on Earth are in just such a situation.

One man’s demands became the rallying cries for the country’s biggest demonstrations in a generation.

Australia’s foreign affairs minister to give speech in hope ‘nationalistic domestic posturing won’t sink efforts to build safeguards’
Australia’s foreign affairs minister, , has urged China to take up a US offer to put in place “guardrails” to prevent growing tensions from spiralling into war.
Wong will use a speech in Washington DC on Thursday to hit back at claims that Australia’s plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines is driving a regional arms race.

Cheaper air cargo is likely to encourage even more investment in shipping speed to US consumers from Shein, Alibaba, and others Chinese retailers.

Move marks a significant shift away from strict zero-Covid policy that Beijing has pursued for almost three years
China’s government has said people with Covid-19 who have mild or no symptoms can quarantine at home, in a significant shift towards living with the virus.
The 10-point directive, issued on Wednesday afternoon by China’s national health commission, also instructed officials to stop launching temporary lockdowns, and ended testing and health code requirements for “cross-regional migrants”, suggesting much freer travel across China for the lunar new year period.

Experience is not only the best teacher but also the best fuel for change. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, to Chinese immigrant parents, Jack Liang experienced harsh discrimination and violence ...