People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei earlier this year. … [+] (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) ASSOCIATED PRESS Taiwan, home to many of the world’s larges...
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China Stocks And Shanghai Dwellers Enjoy Big Day As Stringent Lockdowns Ease
Residents gather to celebrate the lifting of a Covid-19 lockdown after midnight on June 1 in … [+] Shanghai. Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening China&...
U.S. stock futures rise in holiday trade as Shanghai sets reopening plans
U.S. stock futures rose on Monday in light holiday volume, helped by plans from the world’s number-two economy to lift some restrictions as it fights COVID more aggressively than the rest of the world...
Brent Crude Tops $120 as Shanghai Eases Curbs, EU Leaders Meet
(Bloomberg) — Oil climbed as China eased anti-virus lockdowns and the EU worked on a plan to ban imports of Russian crude. Most Read from Bloomberg Brent crude topped $120 a barrel, before parin...
China Express Delivery Billionaire Leaves Alibaba-Backed ZTO
Staff members disinfect express parcels at a branch of ZTO Express on May 11 in Beijing, China. … [+] (Photo by Cui Jun/Beijing Youth Daily/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images China billi...
Taiwan Covid Deaths Hit Daily Record 127, GDP Growth Slowing
Shoppers wearing protective masks walk through a market in Taipei on May 23. Photographer: I-Hwa … [+] Cheng/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Taiwan, home to many of the world’s largest tec...
China Covid Lockdowns Threaten To Fuel U.S. Inflation As Economic Pessimism Grows
Topline As rising cases in Shanghai threaten further lockdowns in the region, experts are warning China’s pandemic crackdown measures this spring could be the latest headwind for the U.S. econom...
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...
Covid-Hit Shanghai To Allow Gradual Reopening Of Malls And Markets, Xinhua Says
Members of a disinfection crew ride bicycles down a street in Shanghai, China on Saturday, May 7. … [+] Source: Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP Shanghai will gradually allow shopping malls...
Terra’s Big Backers, Shanghai Court Declares Bitcoin Property, BTC Obituaries, and Triple Top Hopes — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review – The Weekly Bitcoin News
With the nightmare nosedive of Terra’s LUNA and UST, the Shanghai High People’s Court declaring that bitcoin is virtual property protected by Chinese law, a surge in Bitcoin Obituaries, and some hopin...
Shanghai Court Acknowledges BTC As Legal Property
In a recent court ruling, the Shanghai High People’s Court has affirmed Bitcoin to be a legal, virtual property with economic value and subject to property rights. Court Ruling Assigns BTC With Prope...
Shanghai court affirms that Bitcoin is virtual property, subject to property rights
The Shanghai High People’s Court has issued a document in which it states that Bitcoin is subject to property rights laws and regulations. That finding was made in relation to a lawsuit filed in a dis...
“Gigantic” Impact From China Lockdowns To Hit Auto Industry Globally: Automobility’s Bill Russo
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during the Tesla China-made Model 3 Delivery Ceremony in 2020, … [+] underscoring the country’s importance to the U.S. automaker. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China ...
Why Would Anyone Invest In China Right Now?
Shanghai: in lockdown for over a month. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty … [+] Images) AFP via Getty Images You might not want to hold the Direxion 3x China Bear (YAN...
Shanghai Court Declared Bitcoin As Legal Virtual Property
2 hours ago | 2 mins read Bitcoin News The property rights protection will apply to Bitcoin under Chinese law. In the previous 24 hours Bitcoin has dropped 13.48% China is one of the largest crypto ma...
Shanghai High Court Declares Bitcoin Virtual Asset With Economic Value Protected by Chinese Law – Regulation Bitcoin News
The Shanghai High People’s Court has declared bitcoin to be a virtual asset protected by Chinese law. The court notes that the cryptocurrency has economic value. Bitcoin Is Property Protected by Law i...
Stefan Al’s Thoroughly Excellent ‘Supertall’
In Michael Ovitz’s very excellent 2018 memoir (review here) Who Is Michael Ovitz, the entertainment legend provided fascinating insight into why CAA was much more than a talent agency. Arguably a majo...
Shanghai production plunged in April after Covid lockdown
Although Shanghai began in mid-April to prioritize several hundred companies for resuming work, foreign business organizations have said that doesn’t mean the factories can operate at full capac...
China Faces Omicron ‘Tsunami’ If It Abandons Controversial Zero-Covid Policy, Researchers Warn
Topline China faces an omicron “tsunami” that could overwhelm hospitals and kill more than 1 million people if it abandons its “zero-Covid” strategy, according to a new study published in Nature Medic...
China’s Covid Policy Will “Exact A Very High Cost On The Economy”
A health worker in personal protective equipment administers a booster shot to an international … [+] resident at a hospital during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in Shanghai, China on Saturday, May...
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...
China Covid Policies “Causing Massive Uncertainty For Businesses,” European Chamber Says
A Chinese flag in front of the Shanghai Railway Station during a lockdown due to Covid-19 in … [+] Shanghai earlier this month.Source: Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP China’s Covid-19 poli...
Shanghai Residents Resort to NFTs to Preserve Experiences of Protest against Strict COVID Rules
The protesters created a video at the beginning of April dubbed “Propaganda”, and can be found on OpenSea. Protesters in Shanghai, a city of 25 million residents, have minted several items of a video ...
Shanghai Residents Turn To NFT To Document ‘Unerasable’ COVID Memorabilia
Shanghai is the largest and most populated city in China (with over 25 million residents) that has now tapped the power of blockchain technology to preserve and safeguard the events of the COVID-19 lo...
NFTs Being Used as Unerasable Proof of Covid Documentary in Shanghai
Inhabitants of Shanghai, China’s most populous city, have been employing the use of blockchain technology to protect the memories of the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in their state. Pictures, videos, an...
Shanghai Residents Switch to NFT Showcasing Hardships During Lockdown
2 hours ago | 2 mins read Editors News There’s a famous six-minute movie here called ‘Voices of April.’ It is irretrievable when an NFT is coined or uploaded to the blockchain. A rising number of Shan...
Lockdown Memories: Shanghai Locals Turn To NFT To Immortalize COVID-19 Ordeals
Shanghai residents are using the blockchain to record and preserve memories of their city’s month-long COVID-19 lockdown, minting movies, images, and artwork as non-fungible Tokens (NTFs) that may be ...
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 Capital Airport Losses Since Start Of Pandemic Hit $735 Million
Travelers walk through Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, on Saturday, May 1, … [+] 2021. Photographer: Yan Cong/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Beijing Capital Inter...