Chinese police are investigating a woman for allegedly fabricating “rumours” that Beijing will enter a three-day lockdown, officials said Friday, after the claims on social media prompted panic buying …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Beijing authorities dismiss lockdown rumours and urge residents not to panic buy as queues spill out of supermarkets
Health officials announced residents in 12 of the city’s main districts would be subject to three more rounds of mass testing, prompting fears Beijing could soon face similar measures to Shanghai. But …
Covid in China: Beijing works from home, Shanghai aims to defeat virus by May
China has firmly rejected criticism of its uncompromising ‘Zero Covid’ policy, saying saving lives is worth the huge short-term costs it incurs, and that activity would gradually resume once outbreaks …
China round-up: Food prices push up April CPI
China’s exports increased a modest 1.9% year-on-year in April to Rmb1.74tr, with imports falling 2% to Rmb1.42tr. For the first four months combined, exports and imports grew 10.3% and 5%, …
Changhong Ranked Among China’s Top 50 Intelligent Manufacturing Enterprises
In 2020, China’s first 5G+Industrial Internet production … manufacturing, technologies, and brands through a combination of internal and external efforts. So far, it has established 13 …
China leaders juggle virus, slump
China’s leaders are struggling to reverse an economic slump without giving up antivirus tactics that shut down Shanghai and other cities, adding to challenges for President Xi Jinping as he tries to …
China Faces Grim Economic Prospects, Experts Say
Li asked enterprises to resume production while adhering to the controls designed to contain the spread of COVID-19. Lockdowns in more than 20 cities, including Shanghai, have frustrated residents and …
Xi’s strict covid policies prompt rumblings of discontent in China
The interference into daily life by the Communist Party, especially in Shanghai, is evoking memories of the bad old days in China’s recent history.
Beijing Works From Home, Shanghai’s Victory Against Covid Getting Closer
Beijing officials yesterday denied rumours of sweeping … In fact, recently we’ve already all been working from home anyway,” said finance sector worker Leo Luo, 27. “I feel it’s not much different …
Beijing stays home, Shanghai eyes freedom
China stands firms by COVID-19 curbs in Beijing, while economic activity in Shanghai starts to ramp up after six weeks of lockdown.
Liberals, Labor vow firm footing on China
Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne and Labor’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong have gone head to head at the National Press Club.
China’s Shandong sees foreign trade up 14.2% in Jan-April
East China’s Shandong province posted a 14.2 percent year-on-year increase in its foreign trade in the first four months of 2022, Qingdao Customs said on Thursday. The province’s total import and …
Apple Suppliers, Top China Chipmaker Succumb to Covid Lockdowns
China’s biggest chipmaker and a major iPhone supplier cut their outlooks for the second quarter, joining a growing list of manufacturers warning about the fallout from lockdowns aimed at containing …
