BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) –Beijing has been battling a COVID-19 resurgence since April 22. The city reported 61 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday. It has intensified epidemic …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Beijing city reports 59 new local COVID cases over past 24 hours – health official
Beijing city reported 59 new local COVID cases during the past 24 hours, a disease control official there said on Tuesday. The city had reported a total of 836 local COVID cases as of 3pm…
China slams U.S. for changing Taiwan wording on State Department website
The State Department website’s section on Taiwan has removed wording both on not supporting Taiwan independence and on acknowledging Beijing’s position that Taiwan is part of China.
WRAPUP 1-Tesla stutters under Shanghai lockdown; Beijing keeps hunting COVID
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) – Tesla operated its Shanghai plant well below capacity on Tuesday, showing the problems factories there face trying to ramp up output under a tightening COVID …
Export growth slows in China
Imports of American goods advanced 0.9% to $13.8 billion. China’s global trade surplus widened by 19.4% to $51.1 billion while the politically volatile surplus with the United States contracted by 65% …
CHINA MOBILE, SIC Ink Strategic Cooperation Framework Deal
CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK) entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement with China’s State Information Center (SIC). Pursuant to the deal, both sides will actively implement the country’s …
China: Export growth down to single digits as virus curbs hit factories
China’s export growth slowed to single digits, the weakest in almost two years, while imports barely changed in April as tighter and wider COVID-19 curbs halted factory production and crimped domestic …
BioNTech extends COVID-19 vaccine trial in China to end-Oct
Vaccine developer BioNTech has extended by six months to October a Phase II clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in China, a registry of such trials showed. The vaccine, based on messenger RNA (mRNA …
How China’s “Witless” Zero-Covid Policy Is Impacting Global Trade
China’s infamous Zero-COVID policy is not only harming the Chinese citizens but is also posing a significant threat to the world as the country’s ‘witless’ rules have left hundreds of cargo ships …
Shenzhen hands out US$1.6 million to support ‘made in China, sold on Amazon’ community
The 11 recipients, each receiving 1 million yuan, are third-party service providers that help Chinese merchants reach overseas buyers through e-commerce platforms The city government is also offering …
Chinese Commodities Slump as Beijing’s Response Is Found Wanting
Industrial commodities in China continued to slide as markets judge that Beijing isn’t doing enough to support demand, at least when compared to the government’s response to cratering economic …
Tesla stutters under Shanghai lockdown; Beijing keeps hunting COVID
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) operated its Shanghai plant well below capacity on Tuesday, showing the problems factories there face trying to ramp up output under a tightening COVID lockdown, while China’s …
COVID-19: Life in Beijing’s ‘shadow lockdown’
Authorities in Beijing say there’s no lockdown in the city, but there’s a work-from-home order and things like bars, restaurants and cinemas are closed. Asia correspondent Tom Cheshire takes us on a …
