Even while sick and bed-bound he was controlled by the police. He spent 16 years in a forced labour camp, as a cobbler. Under him, the Church of Zhejiang flourished.

Report uses 42 different measures to create an index ranking economies around the world based on policies that encourage economic freedom

Hong Kong reports two deaths and 321 new infections in one day; one in Macao. Beijing produces vaccine that WHO says is "encouraging". Since the beginning of Ramadan, no victims at Mecca and Medina.