China has locked down Shenyang, an industrial city of 9 million people, and reported more than 4,700 virus cases on Tuesday, as the nation’s “zero-Covid” strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave.
Monthly Archives For March 2022
Travel bans and lockdowns in China as Covid-19 surges, 2,591 new local cases reported
In view of the pandemic situation, the Chinese authorities have imposed travel bans and lockdowns in several provinces and cities. The situation in more than 20 provinces and cities including Jilin, …
Beijing 2022: Huge advancements in sustainability, technology
Although the Beijing 2022 Olympics have now drawn to a close, China is still shining bright as it continues to revel in the success of the Games. Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic …
China’s Didi Is Said to Enter Carmaking Industry, Hire R&D Staff in Beijing, Shenzhen
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has entered the automobile manufacturing industry and is now hiring research and development staffers in Beijing and Shenzhen, according to a source. Didi began …
China’s technology emperors have no clothes
Crackdowns are crushing valuations at the likes of Tencent and Alibaba. As smaller companies struggle to find profitability and established giants face lengthening slogs to both grow and improve …
China developer Kaisa says earnings results delayed due to lockdown, shares slide
Cash-strapped Chinese developer Kaisa Group said a lockdown in Shenzhen had meant audit work has not been completed and it would not be able to publish its financial results by March 31, sending its …
Unchecked Power of Senior Bankers Is Exposed by China Crackdown
For one week in January, Chinese state television devoted its prime-time slot to a series that detailed high-profile financial crimes by some of country’s most senior bankers. There was the former …
China EMM Imports Soared in February for the First Time, How Will the Market Evolve?
According to the latest release of the General Administration of Customs, in February 2022, China’s exports of wrought manganese and manganese products as well as unwrought manganese; scrap and powder …
Coronavirus surges in China, 2,591 new locally transmitted cases reported
Witnessing a COVID surge, China on Tuesday reported 2,591 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
Rain halts China’s search for jet crash victims, black boxes
Rain in southern China on Wednesday halted the search for victims and flight information black boxes that could tell why a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane plunged into a mountainside two days …
Rough terrain, rain hamper search for clues in China Eastern plane crash
Under rainy conditions, searchers using hand tools, drones and sniffer dogs were combing the crash site and a debris field spread across steep, heavily forested slopes in southern China for the black …
China plane crash ‘stalls Thailand’s durian exports’
Five chartered flights carrying durians to China have been indefinitely cancelled following a China Eastern Airlines plane crash in China, a Thai academic said on Tuesday (Match 22).
China’s Ukrainian Juggling Act Isn’t Over
Xi Jinping may be forced to recalibrate his support for Vladimir Putin’s Russia. But that moment hasn’t yet come.
