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John Lee, former No. 2 official in Hong Kong, and the only candidate for the city's top job, attends his 2022 chief executive electoral campaign rally in Hong Kong, Friday, May 6, 2022. China is moving to install Lee as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted the Asian financial center's democratic institutions and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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China installing former security chief as Hong Kong leader
By KEN MORITSUGU
Fri,05/06/22-4:40AM , 126 Reads
HONG KONG (AP) — China is installing a career security official as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted any opposition in the Asian financial center and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing's control.
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People walk past the gates of a closed primary school in Beijing, Thursday, April 28, 2022. While the U.S. and other countries are dropping restrictions and opening - with some health officials even saying the worst is over - China is keeping its international borders largely shut and closing off entire cities with millions of residents to all but essential travel. For the Chinese capital, however, the political stakes are heightened as the ruling party moves toward a crucial national congress. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Political stakes high as Beijing responds to virus outbreak
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Fri,04/29/22-3:59AM , 123 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Classes suspended. Buildings and communities sealed off. Mass testing of residents. A rush to stock up on food, just in case.
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Residents line up for COVID test, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Beijing. Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands COVID-19 mass testing
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Tue,04/26/22-1:44AM , 149 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Police and new fencing restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai.
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A woman pulls up her mask to get her throat swab at a coronavirus testing site near residential buildings, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Shanghai to allow parents to stay with COVID-infected kids
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Wed,04/06/22-12:37AM , 136 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Following a public uproar, Shanghai is allowing at least some parents to stay with children infected with COVID-19, making an exception to a policy of isolating anyone who tests positive.
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