China imposes COVID-19 lockdowns for millions around Beijing - CNA

The world's biggest electronics market in Huaqiangbei has also been closed - despite just 35 daily cases being reported in the city of over 18 million.

"The notice to close came abruptly, we only had a few hours to put our stock into warehouses and lock up," a trader at the Huaqiangbei tech market, who only offered his last name Chen, told AFP.

In Futian, where the city government is located, cinemas, karaoke bars and parks are closed until Friday and large public events have been cancelled.

Officials also sealed off Wanxia neighbourhood on the city's outskirts, which offers affordable housing for delivery drivers and migrant workers, although no cases were reported there. 

In the northern city of Shijiazhuang, about three-and-a-half hours' drive from the capital Beijing, four big districts have ordered more than 3 million residents to work from home, excluding essential workers, until Wednesday afternoon.

China reported 1,717 domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections for Aug 29, including 349 symptomatic ones and 1,368 asymptomatic infections, official data showed on Tuesday.

Among over 20 provinces, regions and municipalities that reported cases, the region of Tibet, the province of Sichuan, of which Chengdu is the capital, and the province of Qinghai contributed the most daily cases for Monday.

Qinghai's provincial capital, Xining, with 2.5 million residents, has ordered a lockdown for its main urban areas, halting public transport and restricting movement outside residential compounds. The lockdown, which started on Monday, was scheduled to be lifted on Thursday morning.

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China imposes COVID-19 lockdowns for millions - CNA

The world's biggest electronics market in Huaqiangbei has also been closed - despite just 35 daily cases being reported in the city of over 18 million.

"The notice to close came abruptly, we only had a few hours to put our stock into warehouses and lock up," a trader at the Huaqiangbei tech market, who only offered his last name Chen, told AFP.

In Futian, where the city government is located, cinemas, karaoke bars and parks are closed until Friday and large public events have been cancelled.

Officials also sealed off Wanxia neighbourhood on the city's outskirts, which offers affordable housing for delivery drivers and migrant workers, although no cases were reported there. 

In the northern city of Shijiazhuang, about three-and-a-half hours' drive from the capital Beijing, four big districts have ordered more than 3 million residents to work from home, excluding essential workers, until Wednesday afternoon.

China reported 1,717 domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections for Aug 29, including 349 symptomatic ones and 1,368 asymptomatic infections, official data showed on Tuesday.

Among over 20 provinces, regions and municipalities that reported cases, the region of Tibet, the province of Sichuan, of which Chengdu is the capital, and the province of Qinghai contributed the most daily cases for Monday.

Qinghai's provincial capital, Xining, with 2.5 million residents, has ordered a lockdown for its main urban areas, halting public transport and restricting movement outside residential compounds. The lockdown, which started on Monday, was scheduled to be lifted on Thursday morning.

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2022-08-30 05:59:00Z
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China's Shenzhen shuts key electronics market to fight COVID-19 - CNA

SHENZHEN: Authorities in China's southern city of Shenzhen shut the world's largest electronics market of Huaqiangbei and suspended service at 24 subway stations on Monday (Aug 29) in a bid to curb an outbreak of COVID-19.

Three key buildings in the sprawling area, comprised of thousands of stalls selling microchips, telephone parts, and other components to manufacturers, will stay closed until Sep 2.

Local community officials confirmed Monday's closure to Reuters, while three people working there said building managers had told them to work from home.

Subway services at 24 stations in the central districts of Futian and Luohu were also halted, according to official local media.

In Futian, the seat of the city government, officials announced that cinemas, karaoke bars and parks would be closed and large public events cancelled until Sep 2.

COVID-19-related border closures have hurt Huaqiangbei, which before the pandemic bustled with foreign entrepreneurs looking to source components in China.

On Monday, the tech hub of nearly 18 million people reported nine symptomatic and two asymptomatic cases from testing the previous day.

COVID-19 testing has become a feature of daily life in the city, with most public spaces and offices needing proof of a test within 48 hours for entry, or within 24 hours in areas deemed high risk.

While the city has avoided blanket closures since a week-long lockdown in March, residents of individual compounds have undergone week-long quarantines when positive cases have been detected.

On Monday morning, Wanxia urban village, which provides cheap accommodation to thousands of low-wage workers like delivery drivers and labourers, was sealed off as a COVID-19 prevention measure, although no positive cases were reported there.

China reported 1,696 new COVID-19 infections on Aug 28, of which 352 were symptomatic and 1,344 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Monday. 

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2022-08-29 08:51:00Z
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3 types of physical activities to help you hit 150 minutes of exercise a week - Yahoo

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Do you know that adults should put in at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity each week? Although 150 minutes or 2.5 hours a week seem like a lot, if you break it down, it is about 30 minutes each day for a period of five days.

Regular physical activity can help not only in weight management, but it also reduces your health risk like cardiovascular disease and diabetes. It helps to strengthen your bones and muscles, thereby improving your physical function, and may help you live longer.

According to the 2019 National Population Health Survey conducted by the Ministry of Health, 40.2 per cent of Singaporeans aged between 18 and 74 do not participate in any leisure-time physical activity. 19.9 per cent of Singaporeans have insufficient total physical activity, which includes physical activity at work, commuting and leisure-time physical activity.

To help you get started, here are three types of physical activity you can engage in. You might also want to check out Decathlon’s clearance sale for some good deals on sports apparel and equipment.

1. Lifestyle activity

Lifestyle activity, like its name suggests, encompasses activities that you can carry out in your daily life. This includes doing household chores, carrying groceries, taking the stairs, standing instead of sitting down to do work, or walking instead of taking the public transport.

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The term “aerobic” is related to exercise that improves the efficiency of the body’s cardiovascular system in absorbing and transporting oxygen. Thus, aerobic activity includes brisk walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, and playing sports like squash.

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Strength activity involves resistance-bearing or weight-training. This type of physical activity improves bone, joint and muscle strength, which can help build power, mass and endurance. It includes lifting weights, using the resistance band, and doing squats.

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Originally published 29 August 2022, 7:03 am

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Power crunch in China's Sichuan province eases, says state media - CNA

BEIJING: A power crunch driven by drought in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, the country's biggest hydropower producer, has started to ease as temperatures fall, state media reported on Sunday (Aug 28).

Power for ordinary industrial and commercial users has been restored while that for large industrial users will be gradually restored, except for highly energy-intensive industries, state media reported, citing the State Grid Corp.

A long drought across the Yangtze basin has crimped electricity supply, prompting concerns that China could suffer another devastating power shortage.

But demand is easing as the letup in temperatures, which had exceeded 40 degrees Celsius in many areas, has tempered a surge in air conditioner use, state media said.

Sichuan generates 30 per cent of China's hydroelectric power, usually delivering a massive power surplus to the rest of the country.

But it is now receiving electricity from other provinces after weeks of minimal rainfall and extreme heat.

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2022-08-28 11:14:36Z
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Pope creates new cardinals who may choose successor - CNA

After this weekend, Pope Francis will have chosen 83 out of the 132 cardinals currently qualified to elect a new Pope.

That is nearly two-thirds of the total and precisely the percentage needed for any proposed name to pass.

In recent months, the Pope has been forced to rely on a wheelchair due to knee pain, which he has said is inoperable.

He also suffers from sciatica, a chronic nerve condition that causes pain in his hip.

FUTURE CLUES?

The new cardinals are always scrutinised by Vatican observers for clues as to the future direction of the Church and its 1.3 billion faithful.

Experts caution, however, that cardinals named by one Pope do not necessarily choose successors in their likeness.

The Argentine pontiff has this year completed a major shake-up of the Vatican's powerful governing body, the Roman Curia, which makes winning new converts a priority.

In keeping with his focus on making the Church more inclusive, transparent and responsive to the needs of the poor and marginalised, Pope Francis has chosen two Africans and five Asians, including two cardinals who hail from India.

Vatican expert Bernard Lecomte told AFP the Pope's choices are "representative of the Church today, with a large spot for the southern hemisphere", where 80 per cent of the world's Catholics live.

Virgilio Do Carmo Da Silva, the archbishop of Dili, will on Saturday become the first cardinal of tiny East Timor, an overwhelmingly Catholic nation in Southeast Asia.

The Pope has also felt free to bypass the archbishops of major cities to choose those from less powerful seats, such as Robert McElroy, the 68-year-old bishop of San Diego, California.

McElroy has supported gay Catholics and criticised moves to deny Communion to United States politicians - like President Joe Biden - who support abortion.

The Pope will also create the youngest cardinal in the world, 48-year-old Italian missionary Giorgio Marengo, who works in Mongolia.

The new crop of cardinals also includes Nigeria's Peter Okpaleke, the bishop of Ekwulobia, and Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, archbishop of Manaus, Brazil.

The 80-year-old bishop emeritus of Ghent, Lucas Van Looy, had been nominated but asked to be exempted following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse by priests in Belgium.

Saturday's ceremony at the Vatican will be followed by the traditional "courtesy visit", in which the general public is invited to greet the new cardinals.

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2022-08-27 07:48:00Z
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China drought: Chongqing extends power curbs in factories - CNA

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2022-08-25 12:42:42Z
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