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Medical workers in booths take nasal samples from people at a makeshift coronavirus testing site in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, January 26, 2022
SOUTH Korea reported record Covid deaths today and China tightened restrictions at ports as the omicron variant surges in the Far East.
The 293 deaths in 24 hours reported by Seoul is far lower than the worst daily death tolls reported in Western countries, but the Health Ministry said it expected serious cases to keep rising.
China imposed lockdowns in Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong where the virus is spreading fast, as well as in the northern manufacturing centre Changchun.
YUBIN DU explains why Britain and China should be natural partners in a restless world
From anonymous surveys claiming Chinese students are spying on each other to a meltdown about the size of China’s London embassy, the evidence is everywhere that Britain is embracing full spectrum Sinophobia as the war clouds gather, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
JENNY CLEGG reports from a Chinese peace conference bringing together defence ministers, US think tanks and global South leaders, where speakers warned that the erosion of multilateralism risks regional hotspots exploding into wider war