COVID-related stigma cost Asian restaurants in US $7.4 billion in lost revenue: study

A new study reveals that COVID-related stigma cost Asian American restaurants over $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020. As anti-Chinese sen...

China says 80% of its population has been infected with COVID-19 since December

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COVID is being omitted from Chinese death certificates, relatives of patients say

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China stops issuing visas for travelers from S. Korea, Japan in retaliation for COVID restrictions

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Videos show bodies in China being burned on the streets as crematoriums fill up due to COVID surge

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China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern

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Hong Kong drops major COVID restrictions amid push for tourism

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US announces negative COVID test requirement for travelers from China

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CCTV captures moment Chinese doctor collapses from exhaustion amid massive COVID resurgence

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COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of zero-COVID policy

After China’s zero-COVID policy garnered heavy criticism, Chinese authorities announced an easing of restrictions on Dec. 7. Within days, ...

China warns citizens that peaches cannot treat COVID amid hoarding of the fruit for its ‘magic’ healing

Chinese state media are refuting viral online claims that canned peaches can help fight against COVID-19. Demand for canned peaches skyroc...

Woman in China claims strict COVID-19 protocols caused her miscarriage

A woman in China blamed the strict COVID-19 protocols of her residential complex for her miscarriage. Identified only as Lei, the woman, w...

Video captures screaming woman dragged to quarantine camp in China

A shocking video of a woman apparently being dragged to a COVID-19 quarantine camp in China has emerged online. The distressing clip, whic...

‘Like drinking a cup of milk tea’: China debuts world’s first inhalable COVID-19 vaccine

China began administering the world’s first inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in Shanghai. The vaccine is a mist that is inhaled through the mout...

Airbnb hosts with ‘distinctively Asian names’ received fewer bookings during pandemic years, study shows

The rise of anti-Asian hate amid the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in fewer bookings for Asian American hosts on Airbnb, a Harvard st...

1 million residents in Wuhan, China put into lockdown over 4 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

The central Chinese city of Wuhan has mandated one of its districts with one million residents into a lockdown after four asymptomatic case...

Hong Kong to issue over 100,000 electronic tracking bracelets to COVID patients to enforce quarantine

The Hong Kong government will be distributing more than 100,000 electronic wristbands to better track COVID-19 patients amid the city’s fif...

North Korea records first COVID-19 deaths after ‘explosive’ outbreak

North Korea has recorded its first COVID-19 deaths after the hermit nation reported an “explosive” outbreak that possibly infected over 350...

WHO chief censored in China after he said its zero-COVID policy is unsustainable

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was censored in China after calling the country’s zero-COVID policy unsustainable at a pres...

Video: Woman in China forcibly administered COVID test while being pinned down

Many internet users have been left horrified by a video posted to Twitter that appears to show a woman in China being pinned down as a worke...

Chinese groom has to watch his own wedding through livestream after venue bars him over ‘outdated’ COVID test

A Chinese groom watched his wedding on a WeChat livestream after he and other guests were told to wait outside the venue after their COVID-...

Chinese netizens challenge Great Firewall with viral video of Shanghai residents’ voices

Chinese social media users fought censors last week when they came up with creative ways to spread a video that highlighted the plight of l...

Chinese man’s 24/7 livestream of his self-imposed quarantine as performance art draws in millions

Performance artist Pang Kuan is willingly going through a two-week “self-quarantine” despite not having COVID-19. On Saturday, he restrict...

Canadian man says hospital denial of visits to his dying mother will ‘haunt’ him forever

As his mother was dying in the hospital, a Canadian man, John Wu, was told by hospital staff that he could not visit her due to COVID-19 vi...

Panic buying triggered as Shanghai residents are fenced behind metal barriers for ‘hard quarantine’

Shanghai residents are now behind metal barriers as the city enters its fourth week of lockdown amid an Omicron outbreak. Government worke...

School in Japan receives $27,000 water bill after teacher attempts to prevent COVID

A teacher in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture mistakenly believed that a constant flow of fresh water into the school’s swimming pool would...

Taiwanese TV network apologizes for using image of COVID-19 virus edited onto South Korean flag

A Taiwanese cable TV network issued an apology on Tuesday after broadcasting a superimposed image of a COVID-19 virus on the South Korean fl...

China reports first COVID deaths in over 2 years amid Shanghai lockdown disaffection

Shanghai’s 26 million residents have been in complete lockdown since April 1 as part of China’s zero-COVID strategy and the Omicron variant...

US warns against travel to China over ‘arbitrary’ enforcement of local laws, COVID-19 restrictions

The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning against China on Monday over its “arbitrary enforcement of local laws and COVID-19 restri...

Korean doctor says those who haven’t contracted COVID-19 have no friends

A physician in Korea wrote a now-deleted Facebook post suggesting that those who have not contracted COVID-19 have “interpersonal problems....

New COVID-19 test provides accurate results within 4 minutes, according to Chinese scientists

Scientists from Fudan University in Shanghai have developed a portable test that utilizes an “electromechanical biosensor” to detect corona...

Olympic athletes express distress over Beijing quarantine conditions, ‘inedible’ food

Concerns have been raised over poor isolation conditions in quarantine hotels at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Athletes have reported ...

Simu Liu reveals he lost his grandparents to COVID after fellow Marvel star voices anti-vaccine stance

Evangeline Lilly, who portrayed Hope van Dyne, or the Wasp, in “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” shared her support for “bodily sovereignty” against ...

Anti-maskers harass Chinese restaurant workers over Maryland mask mandate

A viral video shows two anti-maskers harassing employees at a kosher Chinese restaurant in Maryland. After being told to put masks on befo...

‘I really regret not getting the vaccine’: Comedian Christian Cabrera, known as ‘Chinese Best Friend,’ dies at 40

Christian Cabrera, known as the internet comedian “Chinese Best Friend,” has died at the age of 40 from the coronavirus. Cabrera reportedl...

House Republicans express outrage over US purchase of ‘made in China’ KN95 masks to fulfill mask mandate

House representatives have been mandated to wear N95 or KN95 masks in Capitol buildings earlier this month. Members recently received KN95...