These satellite images show how much the lights in major Chinese cities - and, therefore, demand for electricity - have dimmed as a result of COVID-19.

Christopher Elvidge, Feng-Chi Hsu, Tilottama Ghosh, Mikhail Zhizhin, and Morgan Bazilian 25 Mar 2020

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How China’s COVID-19 recovery could bolster its global influence

China is sending coronavirus-related aid abroad in a display of soft power that could hasten a tipping of geopolitical scales in its favor, experts argue.

John Letzing 24 Mar 2020

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Why lockdowns can halt the spread of COVID-19

Until we have a vaccine, lockdowns could be only way to reduce the spread, a study finds.

Samantha Sault 21 Mar 2020

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Coronavirus: China report no new local transmissions, but 34 cases from abroad

China has reported no new local transmissions of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Authorities believe the present risk comes from a second wave of infections arriving from aboard.

Ryan Woo, Stella Qiu, Sophie Yu, and Emily Chow · Reuters 19 Mar 2020

Global Health

3 perspectives on life after lockdown in Shanghai

As the number of Chinese coronavirus cases tumble to only imported cases, workers are returning to their businesses and young people to schools. So how have things changed?

Ni Dandan · Sixth Tone 19 Mar 2020

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Chinese citizens are returning to shops as the COVID-19 outbreak eases

Whilst the virus is forcing shops to close across Europe and America, China is finally reopening businesses after a long few months of quarantine.

Winni Zhou and Brenda Goh · Reuters 18 Mar 2020

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Here's why China’s post-COVID-19 stimulus must reject costly coal power

When China jump-starts its economy after containing the coronavirus, it must do so without deploying capital into stranded coal power investments. Here's why.

Matt Gray 18 Mar 2020

COVID-19

China is sending medical experts and supplies to help Italy fight coronavirus

Medical expertise, masks and protective suits have been flown in to help tackle rising patient numbers.

Johnny Wood 16 Mar 2020

Global Health

These 2 charts show how the coronavirus pandemic has spread and is slowing

Economist Anatole Kaletsky says the relevant statistical trends for COVID-19 are developing in a much less alarming way than panicked media headlines might suggest.

Anatole Kaletsky and Anatole Kaletsky · Project Syndicate 13 Mar 2020

Global Health

These 2 charts show how the coronavirus pandemic has spread and is slowing

Economist Anatole Kaletsky says the relevant statistical trends for COVID-19 are developing in a much less alarming way than panicked media headlines might suggest.

Anatole Kaletsky and Anatole Kaletsky · Project Syndicate 13 Mar 2020

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6 lessons from China's Zhejiang Province and Hangzhou on how countries can prevent and rebound from an epidemic like COVID-19

National and local governments around the world can learn from the way Zhejiang Province and Hangzhou responded to the outbreak.

Xifeng Wu, Xiaolin Xu, and Xuchu Wang 12 Mar 2020

COVID-19

As coronavirus cases tumble, China’s President Xi visits Wuhan

In his first visit to Wuhan since the start of the coronavirus epidemic, President Xi Jinping was said to be meeting medical workers, soldiers, volunteers and police officers, as well as ...

Reuters Staff · Reuters 10 Mar 2020

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5 books to read for context on the coronavirus outbreak

From how animal diseases spread to humans to the psychological impacts of pandemics, here are five books that help put COVID-19 in context.

Charlotte Edmond 09 Mar 2020

COVID-19

China reports no locally transmitted coronavirus cases outside Hubei

No new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus were reported in Mainland China - outside of Hubei province.

Reuters Staff · Reuters 09 Mar 2020

China

These are top universities in emerging economies

You don’t need to go to one of the famous-name Western colleges to receive a first-class education. The list of viable alternatives is getting longer and stronger, according to a new report.

Sean Fleming 09 Mar 2020

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