If the past is any guide, the hammer is about to come down on China’s Covid protestors.

As new cases pop up around the country, Beijing signals new preparations for the inevitability of living with COVID-19.

A new outbreak in the Beijing area is the latest blow to China’s ‘dynamic zero-COVID’ strategy, as economic costs from lockdowns and mass testing continue to mount.

There’s no end in sight to restrictions in Shanghai and Beijing as economic indicators continue to slide across-the-board.

Washington and Beijing are actively competing to bolster soft power via vaccine deliveries to Southeast Asia. Yet countries like Vietnam are still lacking jabs.

Wednesday numbers reveal how the outbreak is spreading to more populated provinces.

Vaccine hesitancy is a complex and worrying phenomenon, and in Eastern Europe and elsewhere it could well stem from long-running political issues.

COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire in Thailand, and the political and economic consequences are beginning to mount.

China’s Delta outbreak can still be contained, but it will come at an economic cost.

A week of violence and looting poses a serious threat to South Africa’s long-term stability.

Tried and tested containment methods are failing against new COVID variants in Southeast Asia. It’s time for ASEAN to step in and overhaul the regional response.

Variants have altered the COVID risk dynamic, and emerging economies are uniquely vulnerable to severe outbreaks. This article highlights some of the most at-risk countries.

Variants, complacency, and policy missteps have transformed one of the developing world’s COVID-19 exemplars into a cautionary tale.

Europe’s populist parties haven’t thrived amid COVID-19 – but their ideas have.

Examining the issues and hotspots that will be making headlines in the week ahead.

Tracking the latest news surrounding the global COVID-19 vaccination effort.

Despite its locking down harder and longer than ever before, England has met with diminishing returns on controlling daily case counts.

Tracking the latest news surrounding the global COVID-19 vaccination effort.

Can the ECB’s policy bazooka pull the euro zone out of its COVID-induced economic doldrums?

Mass lockdowns and temporary COVID-19 hospitals have returned to China, and the timing couldn’t be worse.