China sticks to strict border rules as Beijing steps up Covid-19 controls

China has ruled out any relaxation of its cross-border policies, citing Covid-19 surges at home and overseas as it battles the worst outbreaks since the start of the pandemic.

Stricter control measures have also been introduced in the capital Beijing, along with an expansion of online teaching, despite only 12 positive samples from the first round of mass testing of about 20 million residents.