Beijing and large swaths of northern China woke to choking sand and dust on Monday, as a winter sandstorm sent air pollution levels off the charts.
Monthly Archives For December 2022
Exclusive-Geely’s Premium Electric Car Brand Zeekr Seeks Over $1 Billion In U.S IPO – Sources
In what would be the first major Chinese float in the United States in more than a year and a half, Zeekr is seeking a valuation of more than $10 billion, two of the sources…
China: Amid Zero Covid rollback, Chinese businesses hit by new Covid-19 surge
Wuhan: As China wraps up its draconian Zero Covid policies, the Chinese population is facing a surge of Covid-19 cases amid a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic. This new jump in the number of…
Coronavirus: China pushes local health authorities to keep rural populations safe from wave of infection
Beijing has urged local governments to upgrade their medical capacity to protect China’s rural population from the severe outcomes of Covid-19 as the country meets a wave of infections. The Joint …
China ‘ill-prepared’ for COVID-19 surge
People have queued outside fever clinics at China’s hospitals for COVID-19 checks, a new sign of the rapid spread of symptoms.
Corona Marks Early Fulfilment of 145-Ton Plastic Collection Goal in China, Leveraging Art to Re-Claim and Re-Define Clean Beaches
Corona makes contribution to ocean protection with various activities.Shanghai, China – December 12, 2022 — Corona, the global beer brand under AB InBev, announced that it has achieved its full-year …
Manufacturers in China on edge as zero-COVID eases
Manufacturers in China are scrambling to prepare for a surge in virus infections that could further slow production as the country pivots away from its zero-COVID strategy. Last Wednesday, China …
Doctors and nurses are being called back into work from vacations in a Beijing hospital on the heels of China’s COVID rule shift: Bloomberg
China is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases that risks straining its healthcare system, less than a week after Beijing reversed its pandemic policy.
China to drop travel tracing as it relaxes ‘zero-COVID’
China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict “zero-COVID” policies that have elicited widespread dissatisfaction. At midnight on Monday, the smart phone …
‘Please Protect Yourself’: China Wrestles With COVID Surge
Three years into the pandemic, China is moving slowly to align with a world that has largely opened up to live with COVID, making a major policy change last Wednesday after unprecedented protests …
China scraps tracking app amid widespread dismantling of zero-Covid policy
Health authorities sound warning on infection rate, with hundreds of thousands of doctors redeployed across the country …
Hong Kong IPOs go back to a less luminous future
Hong Kong’s bankers and officials fantasise about the moment China finally ditches its Covid-19 restrictions. The mainland’s reopening is crucial to reviving the city’s capital markets. But even that …
Businesses in China’s Wuhan face fresh worries after COVID easing
Infections are delivering a fresh kick in the teeth for many small businesses in China’s central city of Wuhan, despite the easing of most stringent curbs last week.
