If the past is any guide, the hammer is about to come down on China’s Covid protestors.

As new cases pop up around the country, Beijing signals new preparations for the inevitability of living with COVID-19.

A new outbreak in the Beijing area is the latest blow to China’s ‘dynamic zero-COVID’ strategy, as economic costs from lockdowns and mass testing continue to mount.

There’s no end in sight to restrictions in Shanghai and Beijing as economic indicators continue to slide across-the-board.

Washington and Beijing are actively competing to bolster soft power via vaccine deliveries to Southeast Asia. Yet countries like Vietnam are still lacking jabs.

Wednesday numbers reveal how the outbreak is spreading to more populated provinces.

Vaccine hesitancy is a complex and worrying phenomenon, and in Eastern Europe and elsewhere it could well stem from long-running political issues.

COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire in Thailand, and the political and economic consequences are beginning to mount.

China’s Delta outbreak can still be contained, but it will come at an economic cost.

A week of violence and looting poses a serious threat to South Africa’s long-term stability.