Protesters shout slogans during a protest against Chinas strict Covid measures on November 28, 2022 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images The old adage that “misery loves company” took on a who...
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China Signals Shift Away From Zero-Covid As It Claims Virus Is Weakening
Topline Chinese authorities acknowledged the country was facing a new phase of the pandemic that will require it to tweak its approach, a signal that its government may finally be moving away from its...
China Plans To Boost Vaccinations Among Seniors As Harsh Zero Covid Strategy Triggers Protests
Topline China’s National Health Commission on Tuesday unveiled plans to improve Covid-19 vaccination rates among the elderly—a cohort that remains highly vulnerable to the virus due to very low uptake...
Xi Outlines Superpower Ambitions Amid Tensions With U.S. And Economic Woes
President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony of the 20th Communist Party … [+] congress in Beijing on October 16. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein Chinese President Xi Jinping vowe...
China’s ‘Zero-Covid’ Fiasco Will Give Dollar Rally New Life
The dollar remains an oasis of stability in a world of volatility. getty People betting that the U.S. dollar’s slide will continue might want to pay more attention to what’s afoot in Asia. Or, perhaps...
China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Mess Is Infecting Asia’s Economies
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the Chinese People’s Liberation Army PLA Garrison in Hong Kong on July 1, 2022. Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images Ten years of President Xi Jinping trying to ...
Shanghai’s Latest Covid Flare-Up Triggers Mass Testing And Stock Market Slump
Topline An emerging outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Shanghai has prompted officials to initiate mass testing in more than half of the city’s neighborhoods while infection surges in other parts of China ...
Experts See Fresh Opportunities In Chinese Stocks With Economic Activity Set To Rebound After Shanghai Reopening
Topline Global markets have recently benefited from positive news out of China, which is lifting coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Shanghai and reportedly easing regulatory crackdowns on its tech s...
China Eases Covid Testing Requirements For U.S. Travelers, Shanghai Inches Towards Reopening
Topline Chinese authorities have eased Covid-19 testing requirements for travelers flying from the U.S. and a few other countries as China seeks to restore normalcy after its economy was hit by pandem...
Shanghai Hits Key ‘Zero-Covid’ Milestone But No Immediate End To Lockdown Despite Concerns About China’s Economy
Topline Shanghai on Tuesday achieved a key milestone in its reopening plan of three consecutive days with no new Covid-19 cases outside designated quarantine zones, however, most of the city’s residen...
Beijing And Shanghai Tighten Covid Restrictions Triggering More Discontent From Residents
Topline China enacted tighter pandemic restrictions in two of its biggest cities—Beijing and Shanghai—on Monday in a renewed push to quash out the spread of Covid-19 in the two cities even as it faces...
Setback In Shanghai As New Covid Cases Reported Beyond Lockdown, Beijing Carries Out More Mass Testing
Topline Shanghai—which has largely remained under lockdown for more than a month—faced a setback on Monday as officials detected 58 new Covid-19 cases outside neighborhoods that are under complete loc...
Beijing Locks Down Residential Complexes And Moves Classes Online As Covid Cases Rise
Topline Authorities in Beijing ordered the switch to online classes for several schools in the city and locked down a number of residential compounds and offices amid concerns the Chinese capital coul...
China Begins Mass Testing Beijing’s Biggest District After Raising Alarm About Undetected Covid Spread
Topline Officials in Beijing will require the people who reside or work in Chaoyang—the city’s main business district—to undergo three Covid-19 tests this week starting on Monday, a move that comes af...
Shanghai Loosens Restrictions For Millions Of Residents After New Covid Cases Appear To Slow
Topline Shanghai on Wednesday eased Covid restrictions for an additional 4 million people and allowed more factories to resume operations as two districts in the city reported no new Covid-19 cases ou...
Shanghai Reports First Covid Deaths From Current Outbreak As Case Counts Continue To Remain High
Topline Shanghai on Monday reported the first deaths linked to the city’s ongoing Covid-19 outbreak—China’s worst since the start of the pandemic—as the continued rise in cases in eastern China and th...
Shanghai Eases Restrictions, Non-Essential Travel Banned In Guangzhou As China’s Covid Surge Intensifies
Topline The Chinese port city of Guangzhou banned non-essential travel while Shanghai, the country’s financial hub, is easing lockdown but continues to report a large number of new Covid-19 cases as C...
Hard-Hit Shanghai Extends Covid Lockdown As Cases Surge
Topline Shanghai reported more than 13,000 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the city’s outbreak surges despite an ongoing lockdown, prompting authorities in the Chinese financial hub to indefinitely e...
Shanghai Enters Two-Stage Lockdown As China Scrambles To Contain Covid Surge
Topline The city of Shanghai on Monday entered a two-stage lockdown, China’s biggest in more than two years, as the country’s financial hub with a population of 26 million continued to report a growin...
China Faces Its Largest Covid Outbreak In Two Years As Daily Cases Double To 3,500
Topline China is facing its worst outbreak of Covid-19 cases since the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan, with the country on Tuesday reporting more than 3,500 new local cases as experts attribute t...
China Orders Partial Shutdown Of Industrial Hub After Omicron Cases Are Reported
Topline Chinese officials on Tuesday ordered a partial shutdown of the industrial city of Suzhou along with other pandemic measures after multiple infections with highly transmissible omicron variant ...
China Risks Going To Economic Hero To ‘Zero’ In 2022
Staff members line up at attention as they prepare to spray disinfectant at Wuhan Railway Station in … [+] Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on March 24, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Imag...