STORY: Once again, Shanghai’s streets are empty. More than two years on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s financial hub is in one of its most extensive lockdowns yet.The snap two-stage ... ( read original story ...)
Omicron in China: Shanghai denies rumours of early snap lockdown for Puxi
Shanghai authorities have denied rumours that it will place the Puxi area on the western bank of Huangpu River under lockdown from Tuesday night, roughly two days earlier than originally planned. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai ensures stable financial operations amid Pudong’s close-off
The spread of COVID-19 cases in Shanghai has forced the city to lock down its Pudong District – home to over 6,000 financial institutions – for four days from Monday to conduct nucleic acid testing. ( read original story ...)
China’s Shanghai lockdown tests ‘zero-COVID’ strategy
Chinese authorities sought to reassure companies and jittery investors on Tuesday as a two-phase lockdown of Shanghai’s 26 million people entered its second day, casting an unusual quiet over the ... ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE Tesla supplier Aptiv stops some production in Shanghai over COVID issues – sources
Auto parts maker Aptiv on Tuesday sent home workers at a Shanghai production facility that supplies Tesla and a General Motors (GM) joint venture, citing COVID issues, sources familiar with the matter ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai Lockdown Adds to China’s Economic Woes
The economic toll of locking down of one of China’s largest and most prosperous cities is only starting to come into view. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai screens over 8mn people in new round of Covid tests
More than 8.26 million people were screened in a new round of nucleic acid testing, a health official announced on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)