Bloomberg News China is censoring crowd-sourced documents tallying the number of mortgage boycotts spreading across the country, potentially hampering a key source of data for global investors and researchers tracking Continue Reading
Two years ago, China’s economy bounced back briskly after suffering its worst contraction in decades when authorities locked down the metropolis of Wuhan to keep the coronavirus at bay. China Continue Reading
Office workers line up at a Covid-19 testing booth in downtown Shanghai on July 13. China’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases rose to the highest level in more than seven Continue Reading
China’s property downturn showed little signs of improvement in the three months through June, with its output contracting for the fourth straight quarter and clouding the growth outlook for the Continue Reading
Los Angeles County may reinstate an indoor mask mandate. More than half the U.S. population lives in counties where Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are high enough that people should wear Continue Reading
Highlights Record temperatures logged by 71 national weather stations Power loads in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu hit record highs China’s power consumption to grow 5%-6% in 2022 Extreme heat is sweeping Continue Reading
China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since the country was first hit by the coronavirus outbreak two years ago, making Beijing’s growth target for the year increasingly unattainable as Continue Reading
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new push to restart nuclear reactors probably won’t be enough to avert a looming power crunch later this year that will bring new risks of Continue Reading
Aggregate new home sales at China’s 100 largest developers have fallen every month on a year-on-year basis since last July. Global investors and home buyers in China are losing confidence Continue Reading
When countries around the world have stumbled in the face of pandemic headwinds, China has often stood apart, seemingly impervious to financial pressures that undermined growth. But now, dragged down Continue Reading
