From various angles, the videos show the police scuffling with people, and contain text indicating the conflict was over the Chinese government’s seizing Shanghai residents’ homes to use for ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai residents forced from their homes
Authorities are turning residential buildings into Covid-19 isolation sites as China attempts to contain the Omicron outbreak in Shanghai; another 23,000 new cases were reported Friday. Videos show ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai locals scream over converted COVID homes
STORY: Desperate screams on the streets of Shanghai – as residents protest the prospect of having COVID-19 isolation facilities so close to their home. In a video obtained by Reuters, people wearing ... ( read original story ...)
A few steps of freedom in Shanghai after weeks of lockdown
Some residents in Shanghai were allowed to step outside after weeks in lockdown due to a Covid-19 outbreak. CNN's David Culver is part of the only American TV crew living through the lockdown. ( read original story ...)
Unroll the Scroll Painting: Inside the Chinese Art Market and Its Regulatory Landscape
When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12 ... ( read original story ...)
Xi’s Shanghai lockdown and Putin’s Ukraine invasion are screwing up inflation’s return to normal
Inflation is at its highest since the early 1980s but it was expected to calm down in 2022. Events in China and Ukraine are leaning on prices, though. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai is China’s richest city. But even billionaires and celebrities aren’t safe from its extreme lockdown
As Shanghai enters its fourth week of lockdown, Chinese elites are finding themselves trapped by the extreme COVID measures. ( read original story ...)