China’s overwhelmed hospitals

Covid patients waiting in the lobby of a hospital in Chongqing, China.Noel Celis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images China’s overwhelmed hospitals China’s hospitals were already overcrowded, underfunded and inadequately staffed in the best of times. But with Covid now spreading freely in China, the medical system is being pushed to its limits, with patients lining the

China battles an “unparalleled” heatwave

While China’s net-zero target is a decade later than most countries, it has promised that emissions will peak before 2030, when the country will lessen its appetite for coal and lean into cleaner energy sources.