Indian traders are worried that a spike in Covid cases in China is likely to hit crucial imports of items like pharmaceutical ingredients (API), electronics, chemicals, and plastics. Exports to the …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Dalian Wanda to open renovated Beijing mall under ‘asset-light’ model
Wukesong Wanda Plaza, a 300,000-square-metre mall in Beijing’s northwestern Haidian district, will open some time in June Fitch Ratings expects China’s retail sales to pick up next year on the back of …
China: Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums as COVID-19 ravages several towns
Emergency rooms are turning away ambulances, relatives of sick people are searching for open beds, and patients are slumped on benches in hospital corridors and lying on floors for a lack of beds.
With ‘Zero Covid,’ China Proved It’s Good at Control. Governance Is Harder.
For a powerful government that has bragged about its command of the country, its absence at a moment of crisis has made the public question its credibility.
In Pics: Business areas in Beijing bustle again
Children skate at a business center in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong) BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — In recent days, business areas in Beijing have bustled again as the …
China Corona Situation: Amid Rising Cases, Beijing Stops Sharing New Covid-19 Data
A record 3.7 crore new corona cases were registered in China in one day. Amid rising cases, China stopped sharing new data. What is the situation in China? Know from Ashish Chaturvedi.
Beijing to distribute Pfizer antiviral drug as Covid wave strains health system
Beijing will begin distributing Pfizer’s Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the city’s community health centers in the coming days, state media reported Monday.
China’s October domestic smartphone shipments fell 27.2%
Shipments of smartphones within China in October fell 27.2% year on year to 23.78 million handsets, a report from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology said on Monday.
No need to tighten curbs on China travellers despite Covid-19 surge: Singapore health experts
Infectious disease experts said such restrictions are unnecessary as the city state has a high Covid-19 vaccination rate.
Market size of Shenzhen’s modern fashion industry reaches nearly 1 tln yuan
The city is vigorously promoting the high-quality development of its modern fashion industry, striving to become a global highland and capital of fashion. The latest data showed that the size of …
COVID-19 Update: China ramps up vaccinations for elderly, pays people availing dose
Beijing: Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people older than 60 to get vaccinated against COVID-19. But even as cases surge, 64-year-old Li Liansheng said his friends are alarmed by stories of…
China races to vaccinate elderly, but many are reluctant
COVID” strategy that isolated cities and confined millions of people to their homes. Now, as it backs off that approach, it is facing the widespread outbreaks that other countries have already gone through.
China Banks Rush Traders Back to Office Amid Covid Disruptions
Some Chinese financial institutions are rushing employees back to office as surging absences of traders and other key personnel over the past week amid the nation’s massive Covid-19 outbreak start to …