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- Passengers prepare to board a flight at the airport in north-central China's Jiangxi province on Nov. 1, 2022. The Chinese government said Tuesday, Dec. 27 it will start issuing new passports as it dismantles anti-virus travel barriers, setting up a potential flood of millions of tourists out of China for next month's Lunar New Year holiday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs ease
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Tue,12/27/22-11:23PM , 199 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month’s Lunar New Year holiday.
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- A resident wears a mask as he stands near the Lama Temple in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Companies welcomed China's decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity while Japan on Tuesday announced restrictions on visitors from the country as infections surge. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Foreign firms: China 'turns corner' by ending quarantine
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Tue,12/27/22-3:56AM , 361 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Foreign companies welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an important step to revive slumping business activity while Japan on Tuesday joined India in announcing restrictions on visitors fr
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- A nurse prepares a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a community health center in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province on Dec. 9, 2022. The National Health Commission announced a campaign on Nov. 29 to raise the vaccination rate among older Chinese, which health experts say is crucial to avoiding a health care crisis. It's also the biggest hurdle before the ruling Communist Party can lift the last of the world’s most stringent antivirus restrictions. (Chinatopix Via AP)
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China races to vaccinate elderly, but many are reluctant
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Mon,12/26/22-2:06AM , 207 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people older than 60 to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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- A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Asian markets follow Wall St lower amid gloomy outlook
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writers
Mon,12/19/22-12:08AM , 440 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets extended their losses Tuesday amid gloom about weaker global economic growth as central banks raise interest rates to cool inflation.

Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Tokyo advanced. Oil prices rose almost $1 per barrel.
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