China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of the year, even as lockdowns closed factories and kept tens of millions confined to their homes in March, according to official data Continue Reading
Faced with its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, China has been enforcing an expanding number of mass quarantines, strict lockdowns and border controls. The measures may yet work, but official data Continue Reading
The way China classifies coronavirus cases and reports deaths is obscuring the true impact of the Omicron wave and complicating its public health response more than two years into the Continue Reading
Judging by the numbers, China appears to be experiencing a far different pandemic than the rest of the world. In the latest surge in Shanghai, its largest city with a population of Continue Reading
Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China imposed restrictions as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to Continue Reading
The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers. A mass Continue Reading
Anti-virus controls that have shut down some of China’s biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of possible global Continue Reading
As grocery delivery is thrown into disarray, one neighbor gets three oranges in return for lending out his cat One man in Shanghai said he worked out a deal for Continue Reading
Viral videos show anger and desperation in Shanghai Dozens of elderly patients at a hospital in Shanghai have died after contracting Covid-19, but official government figures claim no deaths in Continue Reading
While lockdowns in China are causing significant demand destruction and adding downward pressure to oil prices, the EU’s threat to ban Russian oil imports has the potential to send prices Continue Reading
