A growing number of China’s doctors and nurses are catching COVID-19 and some have been asked to keep working, as people showing mostly moderate symptoms throng hospitals and clinics, according to …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
China says spread of Covid ‘impossible’ to track as infections soar in Beijing
Health officials cease recording asymptomatic cases as shortages of medical supplies and testing kits reported in wake of sudden end to strict Covid policy …
Covid Surge Spooks Beijing Residents, Disrupts Government Work
Covid infections are surging in Beijing, disrupting official government work and keeping people at home after authorities made an about-turn in their policy of keeping virus cases under control.Most …
Covid-19 disrupts life in Beijing as key Govt events cancelled
National Bureau of Statistics cancels press briefing on key economic indicators for November. Read more at straitstimes.com.
China readying $143 bil. package for its chip firms in face of US curbs: sources
China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said, in a major step towards self-sufficiency in chips and to counter U.S.
Export controls hit China’s access to Arm’s chip designs – FT
Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cannot buy some of the most advanced chip designs after British chip technology firm Arm Ltd determined that U.S. and Britain would not approve licences to export technology…
Here’s why streets are empty in Beijing despite ease of Covid restrictions
As Covid restrictions begin to ease in Beijing, streets and businesses are empty as people try to avoid each other. CNN’s Selina Wang reports on how some people either have Covid or are trying not…
Covid Disrupts Life in Beijing as Key Government Events Canceled
Covid infections are surging in Beijing, disrupting official government work and keeping people at home after authorities made an about-turn in their policy of keeping virus cases under control.Most …
China reduces COVID-19 case number reporting as virus surges
China’s National Health Commission scaled down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased anti-virus measures after daily …
In COVID U-turn, China’s message to the people shifts from war to self-care
Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, in charge of China’s war on COVID-19, said infections had to be brought down to zero as they emerged. Nine days later, she said the Omicron strain of the virus had…
China’s chip suppliers have some growing up to do
All eyes are on China’s semiconductor-equipment laggards. Beijing is readying a $144 billion fiscal package aimed at supporting tool and machinery manufacturers that are woefully behind Dutch and …
China Duty Free unit takes to high seas with new cruise venture
CDFG, based in Beijing, is the largest duty-free operator in the world, and CSSC Carnival Cruise is a joint venture company between China State Shipbuilding Corp and Carnival Corp. The first 135,500 …
‘Tough times’: Warnings sound over China’s rapid ‘zero-COVID’ exit
COVID’ controls, the World Health Organization warned of “very tough” times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.
