Shanghai authorities said new COVID-19 testing over the next few days will determine which neighborhoods can safely start reopening, as residents in Beijing watched carefully for word for whether the ... ( read original story ...)
Hangzhou Starts Mass Covid Tests; Shanghai Outbreak Eases
The Chinese city of Hangzhou, home to tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., will start mass testing for Covid-19, while cases in Shanghai fell for a fifth day. ( read original story ...)
New tests to decide Shanghai reopening as Beijing stocks up
Shanghai city authorities say a taxing, one-month lockdown of China’s largest city may be eased in some neighborhoods if new COVID-19 testing shows the virus is no longer spreading in the community ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai resident describes what it’s like inside Covid-19 quarantine facility
Shanghai resident Jane Polubotko describes what it was like to be held inside a government-run Covid-19 quarantine facility. ( read original story ...)
Beijing hoping to avoid Shanghai-style lockdown with mass testing
Millions of people in Beijing took their second Covid-19 tests of the week yesterday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiralling into an all-out crisis, ... ( read original story ...)
In Shanghai, The Jokes Are No Longer Funny
An essay tracing the evolution of Shanghai lockdown memes from giddy jests about Shanghai culture to gallows humor and gloomy meditations on the state of society was censored last week after going ... ( read original story ...)
In Shanghai, Leaving Home for Testing Means COVID Exposure
Some 11.88 million people live in lockdown zones, where residents must remain at home except in special circumstances such as a life-threatening illness. Shanghai, with more than 25 million residents, ... ( read original story ...)