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Layoffs and exits: Firms in China teeter under zero-Covid pressure

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 07:00 AM

China is the last major economy with a zero-Covid strategy, putting firms and workers at risk of snap lockdowns Read more »

US envoy sees China lockdowns extending into 2023

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 03:00 AM

The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai in a recent survey said that one quarter of US firms were scaling back investment plans. Read more »

Mga Pinoy sa Shanghai, China, humihingi ng tulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 07:39 PM

Humihingi na ng tulong mula sa gobyerno ang mga Pilipinong apektado ng lockdown sa Shanghai, China. Ang ilan, gusto na ring umuwi ng Pilipinas. Read more »

IEA lowers world oil demand outlook on China lockdowns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 05:48 PM

Global oil demand will be slightly lower than forecast this year in the wake of strict Covid lockdowns in China, the world's biggest importer of crude. Read more »

Tokyo trade seesaws on Ukraine crisis, China lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 04 10:15 AM

Tokyo's Nikkei index opened higher on Monday, tracking gains on Wall Street, but early trade was volatile as investors eyed developments in Ukraine and Covid-19 lockdowns in China. Read more »

Shanghai under COVID lockdown

Alex Plaveski, EPA-EFE
Updated as of Mar 29 11:25 PM

A quarantined man lowers a bag on a rope to a woman standing on the street, in Shanghai, China on Tuesday. Read more »

Oil prices plunge on China lockdowns; stocks diverge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 05:34 AM

Brent oil futures finished under $100 a barrel for the first time in nearly 3 weeks, but that is not entirely good news, one analyst says. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 15, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 12:36 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Shanghai tightens COVID-19 restrictions

Alex Plavevski, EPA-EFE
Posted at Mar 15 10:44 AM

A health worker in protective gear rests at the entrance to a residential compound currently under COVID-19 quarantine in Shanghai, China. Read more »

COVID-19 cases spike in China cities

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Mar 14 05:19 PM

A health worker takes a swab sample from a girl to be tested for COVID-19 in Beijing on Monday, amid a record surge in infections across China. Read more »

Highest in 2 years: China logs 3,400 new COVID-19 cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 13 12:50 PM

China is facing its gravest COVID-19 outbreak in two years. Read more »

COVID-19 in China: City residents vent frustration after more than 40 days in lockdown

Amber Wang in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 21 08:11 AM

Gaocheng, a district of the Hebei capital Shijiazhuang, went into lockdown in early January after a spike in cases. Many complain that they are still unable to leave their houses despite a fall in cases and an easing of restrictions earlier this month. Read more »

One year after lockdown, Wuhan clubbers hit the dancefloor

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 04:41 AM

As the rest of the world continues to grapple with lockdowns and soaring infections, young people in the city, once the epicenter of the novel coronavirus, are enjoying their hard-earned freedom. Read more »

Easy flirting on chat apps adds to marital strain in virus-hit China

Dan Martin and Jessica Yang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 02:43 PM

WeChat and other platforms have helped revolutionize inter-personal relations in China, but are also blamed for adding to growing strain on Chinese marriages by making it easier to flirt with potential new partners. Read more »

Parts of Beijing locked down due to fresh virus cluster

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 14 07:47 AM

Most of the six new domestic infections reported Saturday were linked to the meat and vegetable market, the National Health Commission said. Read more »

Wuhan after the lockdown

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Apr 13 11:27 AM

Despite being the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic that is still gripping the rest of the world, Hubei has ended its 11-week lockdown on April 8, allowing its residents to travel freely in and around the Chinese province.  Read more »

China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 01 02:19 AM

China's decision to lock down the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global COVID-19 pandemic, may have prevented more than 700,000 new cases by delaying the spread of the virus, researchers said Tuesday.   Read more »

In China's Hubei, uncertainty, pessimism and hope as life resumes

Brenda Goh, Reuters
Posted at Mar 27 01:19 PM

For residents of Hubei, where the outbreak began late last year in its capital city of Wuhan, it has also left them to battle a stigma. Read more »

How COVID-19 lockdown in Italy differs from China

Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Mar 10 09:28 AM

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's midnight government decree has been widely described as a virtual lockdown across much of its wealthy north, including the financial capital Milan. Read more »

China may soon lift quarantine on virus-hit Hubei province: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 06 07:48 PM

The coronavirus has killed over 3,000 people in China and infected more than 80,500. Read more »