U.S. stock futures declined Monday morning to follow global equities lower, as concerns over an escalating COVID outbreak in China added to jitters over U.S. economic growth in the face of heightened ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai continues to attract investment banks despite lockdown
Global investment banks are pushing ahead with ambitious expansion plans in Shanghai despite a strict lockdown in China's financial capital, the Financial Times reported Friday. Goldman Sachs and JP ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai adds 51 new deaths from Covid-19, takes total toll to 138 amid rise in symptomatic cases
There was no end in sight to Shanghai’s 24-day lockdown on Monday morning, after the deaths of 138 people since the latest outbreak began in the mainland’s commercial capital on March 1. ( read original story ...)
Joining Shanghai, parts of Beijing go into lockdown as coronavirus cases mount
After similar scenes in Shanghai, Beijing has begun mass testing and shutting down residential and business districts amid a new COVID-19 outbreak. ( read original story ...)
Chinese censors tried to block a viral video about the harsh realities of life in Shanghai, so locals went to extremes to get the video’s message out
The video, titled "Voices of April" reflects the people's suffering amid food shortages and the struggle to receive hospital treatment during the lockdown. ( read original story ...)
What is happening in Shanghai? Explaining the ongoing citywide COVID lockdown
As China faces the largest COVID-19 outbreak since 2020, residents in Shanghai have not been able to leave their homes or buy groceries for weeks. ( read original story ...)
‘Voices of April’: China’s internet erupts in protest against censorship of Shanghai lockdown video
The shouts of locked-down residents demanding basic necessities, the cries of babies separated from their parents in quarantine, the pleas of a son repeatedly rejected by hospitals to treat his ... ( read original story ...)