Xi may find his own people starting to cause problems soon if he sticks with zero-tolerance policies for Covid. ( read original story ...)
Sinking oil prices, factory shutdowns, and logistics nightmares: The global effects of Shanghai’s lockdown
Shanghai's 26 million residents are in the midst of a two-stage lockdown as China continues to grapple with rising Omicron cases. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai Starting COVID-19 Lockdown for Millions of People — China’s Biggest in 2 Years
China has begun its most extensive lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)
Oil tumbles 8% as China locks down Shanghai for Covid outbreak
Covid fears are rocking the oil market Monday as China's planned lockdown of Shanghai raises concerns about energy demand.US crude tumbled 7.9% and Brent lost 7% on the Covid news, giving back most of ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai Lockdown Experiment Begins as Officials Race to Clear Covid-19
Photo: Emmanuel Serna/Zuma Press Half of Shanghai went into lockdown on Monday, as authorities escalated measures to contain a spiraling Covid-19 outbreak in China’s financial capital. After ... ( read original story ...)
Premarket stocks: Shanghai is locking down 10 million people at a time. Why that’s a big deal
Many countries around the world have decided to live with the coronavirus, even as a new subvariant fuels another wave of infections. But China is an extremely important exception. ( read original story ...)
China locks down Shanghai, its biggest city, as Omicron fuels record surge in COVID cases
Locking down the entire global financial hub's population of 25 million all at once was deemed too big a risk, so it has been split in half for a phased shutdown. ( read original story ...)