While Shanghai recorded its lowest daily number of new cases since April 5, Beijing added a record number of new infections amid heightened concerns that a severe outbreak is developing. ( read original story ...)
China policymakers disagree on property crackdown
Chinese regulators led by vice-premier Liu He are concerned that the government is underestimating the economic impact of its crackdown on the property sector and Covid-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing to test 20 million for Covid-19 in bid to avert Shanghai lockdown misery
BEIJING/SHANGHAI - Three-quarters of Beijing's 22 million people lined up for Covid-19 tests on Tuesday (April 26) as authorities in the Chinese capital raced to stamp out a nascent outbreak and avert ... ( read original story ...)
Covid camps, fenced-off apartments and workers forced to sleep in factories — inside Shanghai’s “draconian” lockdown
Covid camps, fenced-off apartments and workers forced to sleep in factories — inside Shanghai’s “draconian” lockdown - More than 25 million residents have been shut inside their homes for four weeks ... ( read original story ...)
Green fences emerge leaving residents baffled as Shanghai battles COVID-19 outbreak
The rush to contain the outbreak comes as fear grow across China that more stringent measures could be in store as the country sticks with a "zero-COVID" policy to eliminate the s ... ( read original story ...)
No Stranger to Failure, Founder of Sunac China Fights to Save His Property Empire
Sun Hongbin is trying to prevent Sunac from suffering the same fate as China Evergrande Group and other developer rivals that have spiraled into default following government-imposed curbs on borrowing ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Covid strictures scupper hopes of property revival
Li Huixiang, a property broker in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, had been looking forward to a bumper March. In an effort to boost the city’s flagging property sector and the local economy ... ( read original story ...)