South China Morning Post - 2022-05-03

• City’s cases fall below 300 for first time since February
• LEE TO ‘TAKE AIM AT CIVIL SERVICE WORK CULTURE’
• Six in firing line after Shanghai patient sent to morgue while still alive
• Endless tests for millions come at a price
• Beijing considers sex offender registry to protect students
• Russia ‘is not seeking to end war by May 9 Victory Day’
• City records coldest day in May for more than 100 years
• 4 remanded in custody over suspected murder of woman
• Election expenses cover security guards, hotpot meals and photo shoots
• BEIJING BREAKS UP ELITES TO FIRM ITS GRIP ON PROVINCES
• Discovery of gold enriches knowledge of researcher­s
• Ukraine conflict delays delivery of US artillery systems
• Close ally of Xi to lead high-level think tank
• Survival hopes fade in rubble of building
• E.U. TO PROPOSE PHASED BAN ON RUSSIAN OIL IN NEW SANCTIONS
• More Chinese firms likely to quit both markets
• ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ hero fighter pilot is a myth, officials say
• MOSCOW’S LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORTS TO CHINA JUMP 60 PER CENT IN FIRST 4 MONTHS OF THE YEAR
• Election favourite pins hopes on Marcos name and social media vote
• ‘HK-STYLE’ TACTICS BY POLICE RULED OUT
• SCANDAL-HIT PM TO FACE LOCAL ELECTIONS TEST
• UN chief urges swift return to civilian rule in coup nations
• Palestinia­n anger at proposed shake-up of refugee agency
• Plea to free Briton amid death penalty fears
• Make children’s interests a top priority for city
• City can benefit from plan by Hainan to be giant free-trade port
• Clarity needed on HK path for resuming quarantine-free travel to mainland and rest of world
• ‘Old wine in old bottle’ will not give young hope
• Scorpion strategy
• Zero-Covid exposes flaws in China’s top-down system
• Roll out welcome mat to revive the tourism sector
• Lockdowns slash deliveries of Tesla’s major rivals
• Ping An calls for shareholde­r debate on HSBC’s future
• Stock slump fuels plunge in quarterly earnings at top mainland insurers
• CHINA BETS ON CASH SUBSIDIES TO SPUR ELECTRIC-CAR SALES
• CULTIVATED MEAT START-UP CELLX IN EUROPEAN TIE-UP
• IP policy ‘localises’ Western tech leaders
• Long wait for a recovery
• How US and China can defuse trade war and boost growth
• Hardship helps drive entreprene­urial spirit
• Horoscopes
• Chinese Zodiac
• Universal Crossword
• A fading cultural enclave
• Luxury holiday leases offer private homes with five-star hotel service
• Getting to grips with life after sumo
• FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT SACRIFICIN­G TASTE
• Shining star and queen of peak TV with ambitions to direct features
• CAPTAIN WIN MAKES HIS DIRT DEBUT AS HALL STARTS AGAIN
• Sidelined Yeung excited about what the future holds
• PERSISTENC­E PAYS OFF IN KITCHEE’S ROAD TO SUCCESS
• Cheung switches his focusback to Asia
• Simply the best for battle in Bangkok
• THIAGO HAS REDS DANCING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT
• Parents fret over daily swab tests for returning pupils
• ‘Return to life’ for tourists going to Italy and Greece
• South Korea relaxes rule on mask use outside
• JAB FOR THOSE UNDER 6 WILL BE READY FOR REVIEW NEXT MONTH, MODERNA SAYS

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