China’s commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under lockdown, while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of Continue Reading
The protracted lockdown in Shanghai, China’s financial hub, is slowing the nation’s normally booming meat trade, with stringent COVID-19 measures causing logistics logjams across the food industry in a sign Continue Reading
China Maintains Covid Fight as Lockdowns Pummel Economy A widespread selloff in China is rippling through emerging markets, threatening to snuff out growth and drag down everything from stocks to Continue Reading
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. easily maintained its pole position as the world’s biggest maker of electric-car batteries as of the end of March with its share edging slighter higher Continue Reading
Covid-19 lockdowns in Shanghai have added pressure to supply-chain issues. Throttled by Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19, China’s economy is facing a spell of slower growth. Economists are toying with Continue Reading
Discontent has been widespread on Chinese social media ever since Shanghai started a rigid lockdown in late March. Now, it is moving into the real world. Sharply falling case numbers Continue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic is creeping closer to the halls of power in Beijing as authorities rush to avoid an uncontrolled Shanghai-style Omicron outbreak in China’s capital. Beijing is tightening coronavirus Continue Reading
Coronavirus cases are surging again in South Africa, and public health experts are monitoring the situation, eager to know what’s driving the spike, what it says about immunity from previous Continue Reading
The authorities in Beijing on Monday said that they had reopened a mass coronavirus isolation center, the latest in a raft of measures to try to stave off a citywide Continue Reading
China’s state planner warned domestic thermal coal producers and traders on Saturday not to hoard stock or engage in a list of other practices that it said amounted to pushing Continue Reading
Macau’s gaming revenue slump deepened in April, plunging 68% from a year earlier to the lowest level in about 18 months as the world’s biggest gambling hub suffers from a Continue Reading
Many Chinese are marking a quiet May Day holiday this year as the government’s “zero-COVID” approach restricts travel and enforces lockdowns in multiple cities. All restaurants in Beijing are closed Continue Reading
Chinese regulators have held an emergency meeting with domestic and foreign banks to discuss how they could protect the country’s overseas assets from USled sanctions similar to those imposed on Continue Reading
Covid-19 lockdowns across China are shaking western multinationals’ production lines, snarling supply chains and threatening financial forecasts as Beijing steps up its effort to contain a surge in coronavirus cases. Continue Reading
As the lockdown of Shanghai and outbreaks in Beijing and elsewhere batter the economy, China’s leader keeps a distance from the politically charged issue. A worker registering for a Covid Continue Reading
China and the United States are racing for control over the global electric and autonomous vehicle supply chains. The countries that take the lead in this race may very well Continue Reading
As new Omicron variants further infiltrate the U.S., a jumble of signals suggest the latest increase in Covid-19 infections hasn’t sparked a commensurate surge in severe illness even as risks Continue Reading
China’s economic activity contracted sharply in April as the lockdown of Shanghai and other areas around the country to contain a widespread Covid-19 outbreak closed factories, snarled roads and stopped Continue Reading
Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising in a majority of American states, in what appears to be the first widespread increase since the peak of the Omicron surge in January. Reports Continue Reading
Iran’s oil exports jumped by 30 percent from last year to 870,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first quarter of 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing Continue Reading
China’s oil demand is expected to stay weak heading into May as COVID-19 lockdowns across the country curtail travel plans during the Labour Day holiday season, analysts and traders say. Continue Reading
The renminbi is set to close out its steepest monthly fall on record as China’s economy reels from severe Covid-19 lockdowns and the US Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest Continue Reading
Western sanctions on Russia are beginning to sting, despite President Vladimir Putin suggesting otherwise. Inflation in Russia is expected to soar to 22% this year, with the IMF chief economist Continue Reading
Spot LNG cargoes, term contract volumes heard being resold China’s March LNG imports fall 18% on year Trucked LNG prices for coastal terminals, inland plants fall on weak demand China, Continue Reading
Apple executives warned that the group could sustain a hit of up to $8bn in the current quarter from headwinds including supply chain shortages and factory shutdowns in China, underscoring Continue Reading
The liquefied natural gas terminal at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Bloomberg News Strict measures to halt the spread of Covid have slowed the growth of commercial natural Continue Reading
Daily life in Shanghai has ground to a halt as parts of the city’s social services collapsed under the weight of a strict citywide Covid-19 lockdown that is stretching into Continue Reading
China will cut import tariffs for all types of coal to zero from May 1, 2022, until March 31, 2023, the finance ministry said on Thursday, as Beijing strives to Continue Reading
The United States is finally “out of the full-blown explosive pandemic phase” that has led to nearly 1 million deaths from covid-19 and more than two years of suffering and Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
The yuan’s sudden slide will gather pace over the next few months as markets price in a worsening outcome for the Covid-stricken economy, analysts say. Analysts from Credit Agricole CIB Continue Reading
China’s zero-Covid policy has put the country’s stocks on track for their steepest monthly loss in six years, as investors and analysts warn of deeper falls to come on concerns Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
Public anger and grief over the bungled lockdown in Shanghai is creating a credibility crisis for the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, and his zero Covid policies. A banner reading “Persistence Continue Reading
As fourth doses of Covid vaccines roll out, some are questioning whether the general population needs them. At the center of this debate are mysterious T-cells. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains Continue Reading
Families in Beijing rushed to stock up on food. Supermarkets stayed open late. Residents endured long lines for mandatory testing. China’s stock markets plunged.A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China’s capital Continue Reading
Chinese authorities are trying to reassure financial markets battered by a worsening growth outlook and rising Covid lockdowns. China looks increasingly left to its own devices in a bid to Continue Reading
China’s Central Bank Seeks to Calm Markets with Support Pledge China’s Covid crisis is giving fresh impetus to the worries about inflation that have dogged global markets this year. The Continue Reading
China has called on its top producing province to guarantee thermal coal supplies to some of the industrial hubs on the coast threatened by power shortages. Miners in Shanxi have Continue Reading
Beijing kicks off first of three rounds of mass testing in populous district Mass testing fuels concerns of shortages of food, supplies Chinese stock market down on fears Beijing may Continue Reading
Port congestion in China is prompting more vessels to refuel at the country’s ports as the worsening Covid-19 outbreak forces the reconfiguration of shipping routes. China supplied 4.9 million metric Continue Reading
In China, the fertile soil is a product of the region’s geography and its special history. A Mao-era campaign to end famine tapped the country’s most fertile land. Now President Continue Reading
Yang Wenhui should be a proud example of China’s rise from economic rubble to global powerhouse. Growing up poor, he ate so much cabbage that he didn’t touch it again Continue Reading
Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected fences outside residential buildings, sparking a fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city’s 25 million Continue Reading
Rates are stalling in most low-income countries well short of the W.H.O.’s goal to immunize 70 percent of people in every nation. Some public health experts believe the momentum is Continue Reading
China’s major financial hub of Shanghai reported more new COVID-19 related deaths on April 22, as residents vented their anger over a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online. Shanghai’s full-city Continue Reading
For weeks, Shanghai has made international headlines as a Covid-19 outbreak has forced the city’s 25 million residents to lockdown in their homes, many in severe distress over how to Continue Reading
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 Continue Reading
China’s crude demand in April is expected to have declined 1.2 million bpd year-on-year. China’s gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel demand is set for a 20-percent plunge this month compared Continue Reading
China’s reliance on Middle Eastern crudes grew sharply in the first quarter of 2022, as the country reduced inflows from Russia, Brazil and the US, data from the General Administration Continue Reading
