Beijing officials hold a press conference on the latest COVID-19 containment measures. Beijing has further escalated restrictions to contain transmission, including encouraging residents to work from …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Beijing Extends Covid Control Measures Amid Outbreak
Beijing will extend strict and tight Covid-19 control measures as hidden community-level transmission has been discovered …
Tokyo protests to China over new drilling rig in East China Sea
The government lodged a protest with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo after discovering that China had unilaterally started construction of a suspected drilling rig to develop gas fields in disputed …
Highlights of China’s foreign trade development in past decade
Photo taken on May 1, 2022 shows a container vessel docking at the Qianwan Container Terminal in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng) BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) — During the past …
Looking beyond China, Apple plans ramping up production in India, Southeast Asia: Report
According to analysts, over 90 per cent of Apple products including iPhones, iPads and MacBook laptops are manufactured in China by outside contractor..
How Singapore is still atop China’s futures market even as Hong Kong is edging in
Six months after Hong Kong introduced equity index futures to make it easier for international investors to bet on Chinese stocks, Singapore still rules the market, although its Asian rival is making …
Finance & Development
Retiring IMF chief economist Maurice Obstfeld on trade tensions, widening inequality, the importance of education, and relations between United States and China.
Commentary: Dynamic zero-COVID approach, China’s choice to safeguard lives, underpin economic growth
Residents wait in line to receive COVID-19 tests in Shanghai, east China, May 17, 2022. China’s Shanghai has cut off the community transmission of COVID-19 in all its 16 districts, a municipal …
Coronavirus: Flying to China from the US will no longer involve seven-day RT-PCR or antibody tests
Travellers flying to China from the US will no longer be required to provide three negative RT-PCR test results as of Friday.
Shanghai makes way towards COVID lockdown exit, Beijing plays defence
Shanghai cautiously pushed ahead on Saturday with plans to restore part of its transport network in a major step towards exiting a weeks-long COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing kept up its defences in …
China’s Big Tech sees new wave of job cuts as Covid lockdowns hurt economy
Staff reduction is happening at various departments in Tencent and Alibaba, according to sources interviewed by the Post and local media reports The deepening cuts come amid regulatory uncertainty in …
Taiwan and Shanghai – 2 different takes on tackling Covid-19
Taiwanese authorities have started easing restrictions to live with the virus while the mainland is sticking to its zero-Covid playbook Both approaches involve stress for the people trying to navigate …
Looking Beyond China, Apple Plans To Ramp Up Production In India, Southeast Asia: Report
The lockdowns imposed in Shanghai and other cities as part of China’s anti-Covid policy have disrupted the supply chain for many Western companies.
