China's COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantines, after a wave of regulatory reforms and geopolitical brinkmanship, may be incompatible with Beijing's ambitions to turn Shanghai into an international ... ( read original story ...)
Stock Market Today: Dow Jones, S&P 500 Fall As China Covid Woes Persist; UPS In Focus On Earnings Beat
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down by over 230 points as investors continue the April sell-off. This comes as concerns about the global economic growth took center stage. With Covid ... ( read original story ...)
Starving Shanghai residents scream at authorities during COVID lockdown
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 ...)