but it was disrupted this year by efforts to fight China’s largest COVID-19 outbreak since the virus emerged in Wuhan in late 2019. Reuters reported last week that hotels across the country had …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Unprecedented neglect cruelty as China tries to dial down COVID-19 cases
News agency ANI said that many leaked videos show the enforcers in white medial isolation gowns beating up people, taking them away or welding doors and shutting entryways with metal bars.
China’s Services Sector Is in the Doldrums as Covid-19 Lockdowns Bite
Activity in China’s services sector fell in April to its weakest level since the early days of the pandemic, according to one indicator, as Covid-19 lockdowns shut restaurants and stores and kept …
Scattered, hidden COVID infection sources remain in Beijing city-official
BEIJING, May 5 (Reuters) – Beijing city still has scattered and hidden sources of COVID-19 infections “at the community level”, and the transmission routes are yet to be blocked entirely, a city …
Didi, Lenovo founders go private on China social media, join retreat from spotlight
The president of Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing and her father, the founder of Lenovo , have ended their public presence on China’s main social media site, the latest Chinese tech leaders to …
How a Few Tiny Islands Are Helping China Project Power
The last time the outside world paid much attention to the Solomon Islands was in 1943: More U.S. troops lost their lives in the six-month Battle of Guadalcanal there than in the deadliest four-year …
Russian War, China Lockdowns Roil Oil Markets as OPEC+ Meets
Russian War, China Lockdowns Roil Oil Markets as OPEC+ Meets LONDON (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries, including Russia, are weighing conflicting forces Thursday as they decide how much …
World needs multilateral chip tech export bans to hurt China: think tank
Sanctions on transfer of chipmaking tech to China might be driving more offshore chipmaking, and therefore failing to achieve strategic goals. That argument is the central theme of a policy brief …
Solar industry ‘frozen’ as Biden administration investigates China
A monthslong halt on imports from the four countries could have … filed a petition requesting an inquiry into whether China was circumventing rules intended to prevent state-subsidised solar …
China-listed companies report slower first-quarter earnings as raw-materials costs bite while outlook remains grim
Profits for Shanghai and Shenzhen-listed companies rose 4.1 per cent year on year, a significant slowdown from 18.4 per cent full-year growth in 2021 Brokerages forecast that earnings will continue to …
DUP Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight Covid
But Feng Yinhao, a massage parlour employee in Chaoyang district, said Beijing was “still normal” compared to the country’s largest city, Shanghai. Authorities have been treading cautiously since an …
Debate sparks over China’s interest in Australian election
Australia’s defense policy debate heated up when the defense minister said there was evidence that the Chinese Communist Party wanted Australia’ Defense Minister Peter Dutton said Thursday the …
Across China: China’s Jiangxi helps foreign firms weather epidemic-induced woes
NANCHANG, May 5 (Xinhua) — Despite the impact of COVID-19, Fresenius Kabi (Nanchang) Medical Devices Co., Ltd., a German-funded company in east China’s Jiangxi Province, maintained steady expansion, …
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