South China Morning Post - 2022-01-11

• QUARANTINE FOR CLOSE CONTACTS CUT TO 14 DAYS
• More quarantine hotel rooms set aside for domestic helpers
• Omicron spreads as Olympics and Lunar New Year loom
• Best and brightest making a dramatic shift
• 20 LAWMAKERS IN PARTY FIASCO MAY MISS FIRST SESSION
• Establishm­ent camp doubles down in virus blame game
• Iran’s foreign minister to visit China amid nuclear pressure
• Universal community testing an unworkable exercise, experts say
• Vigil group’s legal status in focus amid dire warning
• 5 arrested over underage sex in brothel
• Intellectu­ally disabled receives stiffest penalty over illegal rally
• Bumpy ride for film shows difficulty navigating ‘cultural self-confidence’
• Wang slams Kazakh unrest as ‘terrorism’
• LEADERSHIP DOUBTS AFTER KMT’S POLL LOSSES
• Taiwan’s mainland, HK exports hit US$188b
• SRI LANKA SHOWN BELT AND ROAD GAINS
• Baby sold to couple by grandmothe­r saved on train
• WeChat adds list of data it collects to comply with rules
• Education tycoon counts his losses and eyes frugal future
• More cities discourage Lunar New Year travel
• Anti-graft agency faces music over chief’s stock saga
• JUNTA JAILS SUU KYI FOR 4 MORE YEARS
• Coal exports may resume today after calls to lift ban
• Politician­s back billionair­e’s ‘crush commies’ campaign
• Blizzard tragedy questioned in Pakistan
• ISLAMIST RADICALS BLAMED FOR UNREST
• ‘Horrific’ fire in flats block kills at least 19
• Professor held by Taliban after criticisin­g regime
• Ukrainian soldiers hold out little hope
• Keep schools open for the benefit of all
• World demands climate action to avert calamity
• Back to square one as Hong Kong takes the battle to Omicron
• China doing its part to improve ties with US
• What rules were actually broken by Hong Kong officials attending birthday party?
• It’s time for a reboot
• Can city move from ‘zero Covid’ to living with the virus?
• ‘Dim sum ban’ is all it takes to get elderly jabbed
• AIIB TO KEEP OFFERING LOANS IN COVID-19 FIGHT
• Celebrity-endorsed NFT projects top sales chart
• Hong Kong home prices expected to decline by 5pc
• China tech sector faces tough year amid slowing economy and crackdowns
• Modern Land slides as trading resumes
• DIGITAL YUAN WALLET APP GAINS WIDE POPULARITY ON MAINLAND
• Dairy giant Yili and Huawei lead China’s green drive
• Future of the metaverse matters to everyone
• Corporate decisions on ESG issues primarily driven by compliance, survey shows
• Tale of diverging fortunes
• An end to US-China trade war is world’s best hope for recovery
• Horoscopes
• Chinese Zodiac
• Universal Crossword
• Guide to troubled times
• Echoes of a scandal: inside the castle of the ‘dirty duchess’ in Scotland
• Netflix hit has all the right ingredient­s
• WHEN KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT TO DO CAN SAVE LIVES
• How mums with less-toned bodies are shamed while dads are accepted
• ‘PAIN NEVER HURT ANYONE’ – PURTON RETURNS TO ACTION
• Moreira and Man miss trackwork after Covid-19 scare
• China plans ‘carnival’ for championsh­ip this year
• Aurelia puts Indonesia on the map after signing deal with Italian side AS Roma
• Jadson’s late goal gives Shandong domestic double
• US troops stay on base after Japan links them with spike in local infections
• Britain plans move from ‘pandemic to endemic’ state
• Deltacron finding ‘not caused by lab error’

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