Anger at Xi’an Lockdown Spreads in China – WSJ
Authorities in the Chinese city of Xi’an relented in some of their pandemic restrictions after a nationwide outcry over the account of a woman who lost her unborn baby in Continue Reading
Yuzhou: Second Chinese city forced into Covid lockdown
The first city out into a recent lockdown was Xi’an on 23 December China has put a second city into total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid cases were discovered. Continue Reading
China Slashes Fuel Export Quotas By 56%
China has considerably reduced the allowances for fuel exports in the first export quota batch for 2022, signaling its intention to limit fuel sales abroad and curb excessive refinery output. Continue Reading
China reports major drop in virus cases in locked-down Xi’an
China on Wednesday reported a major drop in local COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi’an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks that Continue Reading
Evergrande Is Told to Tear Down 39 Buildings on Man-Made Island
The crisis engulfing China Evergrande Group EGRNF 6.68% deepened, as the embattled property developer said it had been ordered to tear down dozens of buildings on an extravagant man-made island in southern China. At the same Continue Reading
Lockdown of Chinese City Leaves 13 Million Stranded
A week and a half into one of the biggest pandemic lockdowns in China, residents of Xi’an voiced desperation online about challenges in getting food and medical care. China’s Covid-19 count remains Continue Reading
Sony Looks to Sell Its Own Electric Vehicles
Sony Group Corp. said it would create a car unit and explore entering the electric-vehicle market, in another sign of how the electronics and car businesses are overlapping. At the CES Continue Reading
Chinese banks cut back traditional lending as concern over economy mounts
Chinese banks rushed to meet their annual state-imposed lending quotas last month by buying up low-risk financial instruments rather than issuing loans, a surge that bankers and analysts said reflected Continue Reading
In China’s Xi’an lockdown, tales of anguish as hospitals demand patients are covid-free – The Washington Post
On the first day of 2022, outside Xi’an Gaoxin Hospital, in the middle of China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since Wuhan, a woman eight months pregnant miscarried after being refused care until she Continue Reading
China’s Dec manufacturing PMI rises, uptrend likely to continue in early 2022
Highlights Manufacturing sector continues to recover in H1 2022 Concerns remain on overseas demand in H2 2022 The Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers index continued to rise in December at 50.3 Continue Reading