Sui-Lee Wee

Why Are China’s Consumers Threatening to Boycott H&M and Other Brands?

Major clothing brands that rely on the Chinese market are caught in a bind as Beijing and the West harden their stances on the crackdown on Xinjiang.

Hong Kong Halts Use of Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Over Packaging Defects

Officials said they had found no health risks, but the move deals a blow to the Chinese city’s already troubled inoculation campaign.

Hong Kong suspends use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after the discovery of faulty packaging.

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The U.A.E. offers a third dose of Chinese vaccine to some with low immune response.

Think Covid’s Messed Up Your Travel Plans? Try Getting Into China.

To keep the virus out, Beijing has enacted some of the world’s toughest border controls. Lives have been upended, and business has been disrupted.

Un a?o sin viajes

La pandemia cerró las fronteras, paralizó los viajes aéreos y dejó vacíos los destinos turísticos. Un a?o más tarde, visitamos seis lugares que dependían de la industria para ver cómo se adaptaron.

China approves a fifth Covid-19 vaccine.

The vaccine has several drawbacks. One is that it does not produce many T-cells, which help clear infected cells and prevent them from spreading.

Novavax reports strong trial results in Britain and weaker ones in South Africa.

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Hungary pays big for a Chinese vaccine.

The European nation has agreed to pay $36 per dose of the Sinopharm vaccine, according to contracts put online by a Hungarian official.

A Year Without Travel

The pandemic closed borders, halted air travel and emptied destinations of tourists. As its first anniversary nears, we look at how six places dependent on the industry have adapted to the disruption.