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Yan Zhao

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Infection rates in China keep growing. It may be more dangerous to keep us here. Most countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East (including North Africa) evacuated their citizens and students when there were fewer than 1 000 recorded cases.
CHINA

China believes new virus behind mystery pneumonia outbreak

China believes a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that struck 59 people is caused by a new strain of virus from the same family as SARS

  • Jing Xuan Teng
  • Yan Zhao
4 min read
Protesters who throw petrol bombs are known as “wizards” while teams who extinguish the fizzing tear gas canisters fired at them by police are dubbed “firefighters”. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)
BEIJING

‘Braves’ on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s protests

A culture has built up around Hong Kong’s "braves" who are hailed by supporters as heroes and reviled by their opponents as nihilists

  • Yan Zhao
6 min read
People hold signs and attend a rally to the US Consulate General in Hong Kong. (Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis)
CARRIE LAM

Clashes after peaceful crowd takes Hong Kong message to US consulate

Hong Kong is a major international business hub thanks to freedoms unheard of on the mainland under a 50-year deal signed between China and Britain

  • Jasmine Leung
  • Yan Zhao
4 min read
The real challenge for China is facing up to its own modernity: How does it become the sort of society that is consistent with its rapidly modernising economy without major, chaotic social upheaval? (Jorge Silva/Reuters)
CHINA

Hong Kong leader condemns ‘extremely violent’ protests

The semi-autonomous financial hub has been thrown into crisis by weeks of massive demonstrations

  • Yan Zhao
4 min read