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Getting confined was a shared experience in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, as many as 300 million people across 70 cities were in some form of a lockdown under the government’s strict zero-COVID policy. But imagine being trapped in a place you can’t leave. CNA correspondent Wei Du hears the he

"There were only two things on my mind, to find food and to not go crazy.” For millions of residents in China, the mandatory lockdown in mid-2022 still lingers like a recurring nightmare. In this episode, CNA correspondent Wei Du traces the steps of people whose lives were upended by China’s zero-COVID policy an

Getting confined was a shared experience in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, as many as 300 million people across 70 cities were in some form of a lockdown under the government’s strict zero-COVID policy. But imagine being trapped in a place you can’t leave. CNA correspondent Wei Du hears the he

A giant centralised air conditioning station providing cooling to public spaces including malls, offices and transport stations has just been completed in Shenzhen, as part of an ambitious plan to reduce energy consumption.

South China Morning Post documentary China’s Rebel City earns prestigious Webby Award for coverage of 2019 Hong Kong protests The four-part film series, honoured in the News & Politics video category, chronicled the city’s biggest crisis since its return to Chinese sovereignty Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam praises ‘labour of love’ that took a ‘more holistic approach’ to telling one of the biggest stories in Hong Kong’s history