Across Beijing, positive cases are found among the nearly 20 million samples acquired in the first round of mass testing, but numbers remain small ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing presses on with mass COVID-19 testing as locked-down Shanghai seethes
BEIJING: The second round of COVID-19 testing in Beijing's largest district began on Wednesday (Apr 27), with this week's campaign to screen most of the Chinese capital's 22 million residents so far ... ( read original story ...)
Overseas voting in Shanghai still on hold due to lockdown
Overseas absentee voting in Shanghai has yet to start as the city remains on lockdown following the local government's stringent "zero Covid-19" policy, the Philippine Consulate General in Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)
China’s top chip maker SMIC has two-thirds of Shanghai workers sleeping in factory as lockdown threatens semiconductor supply chain
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China’s best hope in achieving chip self-sufficiency in chip-making, has been operating under “closed-loop” arrangement. ( read original story ...)
Situation in Shanghai reminiscent of Indians’ suffering after sudden nationwide lockdown in 2020
Shanghai’s 25 million residents are going through a harrowing time after Chinese authorities enforced severe restrictions as part of the fight against a wave of the Omicron variant of COVID ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Capital In Race To Detect COVID Cases, Avoid Shanghai’s Distress
Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiralling into a crisis like the ... ( read original story ...)
China iron ore, steel futures rebound as COVID-led concerns ease
Chinese iron ore and steel futures rose on Wednesday after falling for two consecutive days, as concerns stoked by the COVID-19 outbreak eased. BEIJING, April 27 (Reuters) - Chinese iron ore and steel ... ( read original story ...)