The footage showed the locked-up citizens shouting at officials in Shi Lan San village on Saturday amid reports of food shortages across the city as China doubles down on its “zero COVID” ... ( read original story ...)
Will Beijing see a Shanghai-style lockdown?
An order of mass testing has residents in China's capital worries they could be embarking on a Shanghai-style nightmare. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s attempts to jumpstart its locked-down economy are faltering
Food delivery apps like Meituan and Freshippo are struggling to meet Shanghai's lockdown demand, a situation that could spread to Beijing as cases there grow. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai lockdown forces Hong Kong manufacturers to cope with higher costs, delays and backlogs
Businesses have been forced to adjust their outlooks because of delays resulting from China’s zero-Covid ambitions, but ‘transport isn’t stopping’. ( read original story ...)
Locked down in Shanghai, I’ve caught a glimpse of our techno-dystopian future
For anyone wondering what a techno-dystopian future might look like, this may offer a clue. Scoring meals can mean hours of monitoring your phone: with tens of thousands of people trying to purchase ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Markets In China And Hong Kong Dive, Yuan Slides, Crude Oil Drops On Confidence Crisis In China
The Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng fall to where they'd first been in 2007 during the run-up of the bubble. Click here to know ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai financial groups urge institutions to stabilise markets
Three financial industry associations in Shanghai on Tuesday urged financial institutions and employees to stabilise markets and provide financing to industries hit by COVID-19, as China's financial ... ( read original story ...)