Payment card network China UnionPay and credit card issuers in Shanghai have cut the fees merchants are charged and have subsidized consumers to the tune of nearly CNY500 million (USD74.6 million) ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Independent Fashion Designers Are Breaking Free—A Preview of Shanghai Fashion Week
Margaret Zhang reports on Shanghai Fashion Week. Digital or not, she says, the country's indie designers have delivered their strongest fashion season to date. ( read original story ...)
Shorter central quarantine for COVID-19 close contacts in Shanghai
The central quarantine period has been shortened by half to a week for close contacts of COVID-19 infections in Shanghai, according to the city's health commission. As per the latest policies, they ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai enhancing control measures to blunt spread
Shanghai has since Sunday enhanced supervision of the service sector to enforce all COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control measures and prevent a rebound of a local wave, an official said at a press ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai’s Censors Can’t Hide Stories of the Dead
ZHOU SHENGNI NEEDED a doctor, and fast. The 49-year-old, who was having an asthma attack, was being driven by her family to Shanghai East Hospital, where she worked as a nurse, for urgent treatment. ( read original story ...)
Beijing nightclub COVID-19 outbreak forces schools online as restrictions return to Shanghai
COVID" policy requiring mass testing, quarantines and the sequestering of anyone who has come into contact with an infected person in concentrated locations. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai shopkeepers stage rare protest over COVID closures
SHANGHAI -- Shopkeepers in Shanghai staged a rare public protest on Monday against China's strict COVID-19 controls, which they blame for hurting their livelihoods. Hundreds gathered outside ... ( read original story ...)