Beijing

The return of COVID-19 in Beijing has shrouded the city, home to the headquarters of many big corporations, in uncertainty at a time China is trying to shake off the economic torpor of the virus.

The Beijing outbreak has already spread to the neighboring northeastern province of Liaoning.

Reuters has not seen the briefing paper, but it was described by people who had direct knowledge of its findings.

Beijing faces a wave of anti-China sentiment led by the United States in the aftermath of the pandemic and needs to be prepared in a worst-case scenario for armed confrontation.

Unlike Shanghai or Hong Kong, which received Jews fleeing from World War II, Beijing does not have a robust Jewish history.

The rest of Hubei has reported no new infections for 14 days and said on Thursday it would allow people from other provinces in certain circumstances to enter.

There were just 11 new cases in six other provincial-level jurisdictions, while in Hubei province, the epicenter of the epidemic, the number of new cases fell to 398 from 630 a day earlier.

Organizers of Monday's anniversary march say they are confident that anger over the city government's failure to withdraw the extradition bill will fuel numbers.

By 2025, the phoenix-shaped airport is expected to accommodate 72 million passengers and two million tons of cargo annually.