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The BHC 2022 Online Show Season, which runs through June 25, will feature daily cloud performances of traditional Chinese opera and modern theater. More than 30 stage productions from 14 troupes will be broadcast on BHC’s Douyin, WeChat and Bilibili accounts. Kunqu, Huangmei, Yueju and Huiju...

The longest follow-up study to date on COVID-19 showed that two years after infection, half of the patients who were admitted to hospital still have at least one symptom. The study published yesterday in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine revealed that nearly 1,200 participants in China...

Medics or volunteers wearing the white hazmat suit are nicknamed Big White. It is part of the secondary protection gear for those who make close contact with suspected or at-risk groups, or stay indoors with them for a long time. Secondary protection gear includes six items:...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is back in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with his first South Korean film which explores the country’s controversial practice of “drop boxes” for unwanted babies. The movie is one of two South Korean pictures competing for the Palme...

Swedish battery group Northvolt said yesterday it has launched its “gigafactory” in northern Sweden, the first of its kind to be undertaken by a European company on the continent. Intended to compete with US electric car giant Tesla and Asian producers of lithium-ion batteries, the factory...

In baseball-mad South Korea teams of professional cheerleaders pumping up players and fans with elaborate K-pop routines are as integral to the games as beer and fried chicken. Imported by American missionaries more than 100 years ago, baseball is South Korea’s most cherished spectator sport, beating...

What sectors are prioritized in terms of applying for production resumption? A: Currently, applications for production resumption are primarily accepted from companies in five sectors: those ensuring the city’s normal operations, anti-pandemic supplies, important function guarantee, continuous production and supporting infrastructure. The local government is also...

A TOTAL of 247 foreign-invested companies in Shanghai are included in the first batch of 666 companies on the city’s “white list” designed to support firms to resume production amid the COVID-19 lockdown, an official said yesterday. The companies are mainly in key sectors, including integrated...