Shanghai residents, the largest city in China with a population of more than 25 million people, are finding novel ways to vent their frustration over the country’s zero-tolerance COVID policies. One ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Shanghai residents evade censors to expose life during lockdown
People in China's business capital are flooding social media with content documenting the widespread backlash towards the city's strict lockdown. Censors have been unable to keep up.Under China's ... ( read original story ...)
Tesla Needs Factories to Fuel Growth. The Next One Will Be in Shanghai, Report Says.
The China Securities Journal reported late Tuesday in the U.S. that the electric-vehicle company will build another plant in Shanghai. Tesla (ticker: TSLA) didn’t respond to a request for comment ... ( read original story ...)
NFTs preserve Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown record from China censorship
“I chose the Mao-era propaganda style for these pieces because some people are saying the lockdown situation is taking Shanghai backwards,” Fong said. While China has banned cryptocurrency trading, it ... ( read original story ...)
China market analyst out after his social media accounts were frozen
Tencent (TCEHY)’s WeChat froze Hong’s public account over the weekend, after he posted about huge outflows of capital from the country and made bearish forecasts about the Chinese stock market ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai reports 16 new COVID-related deaths, down from 20 a day earlier
May 4 (Reuters) - China's eastern financial hub Shanghai reported 16 new COVID-19 deaths on May 3, down from 20 a day earlier, the local government said on Wednesday. The city reported 4,722 new local ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai Is Rewriting Chinese Censorship Amid Lockdown
If you search the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo for “Shanghai lockdown” (“上海封城”), you’ll find plenty of videos of deserted streets and emergency workers delivering food. There are fewer signs ... ( read original story ...)