Amy Cheng
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On Monday, the holiday — which was extended to help slow the coronavirus outbreak — comes to an end in the capital. The city is preparing for a potential increase in infections. -
NewsAdmission to a hospital requires a diagnosis of coronavirus. But screening kits are in short supply and hospitals are short of beds. -
NewsAmerican schools are advising students to avoid travel to China, and some are working to evacuate students already there. The U.S. issued a "Do Not Travel" advisory for China on Thursday. -
NewsTo contain the Wuhan coronavirus, the government is taking official actions. And some villages are taking matters into their own hands. -
Transportation in and out of the city of 11 million is being shut down as cases of the coronavirus are being reported throughout China and abroad. Wuhan is believed to be the contagion's epicenter. -
The virus, known as 2019-nCoV, was discovered last month in the central city of Wuhan. It has since spread to other parts of China, and isolated cases are reported in Japan, the U.S. and elsewhere. -
NewsAuthorities censored Chinese-language news of the hospitalization of a couple who traveled from Mongolia to Beijing for treatment, perhaps to tamp down fears. -
A fragile web of cross-guarantees on corporate debt could unleash a chain of private defaults in China's industrial heartland. But workers are confident they'll be bailed out, again.
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Being a mom without a husband leaves many women in a legal gray zone where they are unable to access medical and other public services for themselves and their children. Some women are even fined. -
China's government wants to transition away from an economic model dependent on debt-fueled infrastructure spending. That's easier said than done.
