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 ...)
Shanghai upping COVID fight with help from conglomerates
To better optimize medical resources, Shanghai has transformed the National Exhibition and Convention Center into a temporary hospital that can accommodate 50,000 COVID-19 patients. A design plan was ... ( read original story ...)
China ferrous futures rebound as COVID-led concerns ease
Benchmark iron ore futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange had plunged more than 8% this week until Tuesday, while construction-used rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost s ... ( read original story ...)