China sales were up 85% from last year, but overall sales in the world’s biggest car market slumped lower amid Covid-linked plant closures and consumer restrictions.
Monthly Archives For April 2022
China Ends Game Freeze by Handing Out First Licenses Since July
China has approved the first batch of new video game licenses since July, people familiar with the matter said, ending a months-long hiatus that put the world’s largest mobile gaming arena on edge.
China is approving games again for the first time since July 2021
For the first time since July 2021, China has re-opened its videogame approval arm. This means that Chinese developers can publish games in the country again. It puts to an end the nine-month freeze …
How chip companies are working to reduce reliance on China
Steve Kovach and Seema Mody join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss iPhone production and the moves some manufacturers are making to cut down their reliance on Chinese factories.
Get real, Beijing
For the sake of the republic’s people, however, it should be the science of epidemiology and not the prestige of high office that should determine how to fight a pandemic that has already caused so…
Covid-19: Airports, harbours and highways must remain open to protect transport, logistics chain amid restrictions, Beijing tells local governments
A circular sent out by the State Council stressed that an unbroken logistics chain is essential to underpin the national economy It also told local authorities not to erect roadblocks or put healthy …
Crypto Shorting Protocol Shorter Lands $4M Raise Led by IDG Capital
HANGZHOU, China, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Finance on DeFi keeps getting more refined, with an eye to really taking on the banks. Shorter Protocol, a decentralized shorting infrastructure …
Tesla, NIO hit by COVID restrictions in China
The COVID-19 shutdowns across China are hitting electric-vehicle makers like Tesla and NIO where it hurts – on the factory floor, and potentially the bottom line.
Strict Lockdowns Continue In China Due To COVID-19 Surge
Tina Kraus reports anger about the lockdowns is boiling over onto the streets. Demolition Begins On Unsafe Building In Little HavanaDeborah Sourverain reports the owner has let the building fall into …
Food supply in peril amid current Shanghai lockdown, as U.S. citizens are warned against travel to China
Shanghai on Sunday discharged over 11,000 recovered COVID-19 patients and health authorities emphasized that they must be allowed to return home despite the lockdown that has severely restricted …
Shanghai Covid-19 lesson learned as southern Chinese Guangdong province swings into action
Tech hub Shenzhen and factory base Guangzhou launch mass screenings and tighten travel restrictions to keep virus at bay.
Covid-19: Airports, harbours, highways must remain open to protect transport, logistics chain amid restrictions, Beijing tells local governments
Beijing has ordered all provincial-level governments to keep airports, harbours and main roads open so that transport and logistics links can be maintained amid strict anti-pandemic controls.
Singaporean PM warns US against isolating Beijing
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (李顯龍) has warned the US against isolating China over the war in Ukraine by framing it as a battle between democracies and autocracies, which would complicate …
