Rachel Cheung

In tight­ly-con­trolled me­dia space, con­flict is an op­por­tu­ni­ty for Bei­jing to ad­vance its ‘in­for­ma­tion proxy war’.

Poor vac­cine cov­er­age among el­der­ly pop­u­la­tion re­sults in city re­port­ing the high­est death rate in the world.

Small busi­ness own­ers are fac­ing the third year of the pan­dem­ic with no clear end in sight to forced clo­sures, cur­fews.

Res­i­dents in the city pre­vent­ed from leav­ing apart­ments as au­thor­i­ties race to halt spread of Omi­cron.

Omi­cron has raised ques­tions about the sus­tain­abil­i­ty of Bei­jing’s lock­downs and bor­der clo­sures.

Cathay Pa­cif­ic crew de­scribe low morale at flag­ship car­ri­er as ques­tions hang over fu­ture of avi­a­tion hub.

Bei­jing’s clam­p­down on dis­sent in city has si­lenced unions and politi­cians that tra­di­tion­al­ly sup­port­ed work­ers’ rights.

Move comes as the in­ter­na­tion­al fi­nan­cial cen­tre’s strict “zero COVID” faces crit­i­cism from busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty.