The Latest Breaking News from China

Renren Inks Software License Agreement With Guangzhou Yupu

Renren Inc (NYSE:RENN) has signed a Software License and Distribution Agreement with Guangzhou Yupu Software Technology Co Ltd. The agreement gives Renren's subsidiary SaaS Logistics US Inc, a license to modify, sell, and commercially exploit the licensed software worldwide, except in Mainland China, for a one-time consideration of RMB2 million ($0.31 million). Rui…

Benzinga · Apr 8, 2022

Desperation amid food shortages in Shanghai as Covid lockdown bites

Lockdown had been due to end on Tuesday, leaving residents unprepared to be indefinitely housebound

The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2022

French voters in COVID-hit Shanghai unable to cast ballots in Sunday election

French citizens under lockdown in COVID-hit Shanghai will be unable to vote at a city polling station in Sunday's tightly contested first round of the presidential election, France's embassy in Beijing said on Friday.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Caroline Kennedy fronts US Senate, offering glimpse of issues she will deal with as US ambassador to Australia

Caroline Kennedy has fronted the US Senate as part of her confirmation process to become the next US ambassador to Australia. Here's what she has said on some of the big issues, ranging from China and AUKUS, to climate change and strategic competition in the Pacific.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2022

For China's leaders, 'lying flat' is scarier than Covid

In the US and Europe, the phrase "living with the virus" refers to reopening the economy and trusting that vaccines work. Not in China. In the public discourse, that would be tantamount to "lie flat," a catchphrase for encouraging inaction — an approach that has grown so popular that it…

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022

Shanghai widens COVID testing as other Chinese cities impose curbs

Shanghai on Friday announced a record 21,000 new cases and a third consecutive day of COVID testing as a lockdown of its 26 million people showed no sign of easing and other Chinese cities tightened curbs - even in places with no recent infections.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

Is a global recession coming? In US, China risks are mounting

Ukraine war and China’s lockdowns among risks to global growth, although most economists say downturn unlikely in 2022.

Al Jazeera · Apr 8, 2022

Covid-19: Shanghai races to build hundreds of thousands of isolation beds

SHANGHAI: Shanghai is transforming conference centers and conscripting neighboring provinces to create isolation facilities for hundreds of thousands of people, a sign of its commitment to a zero tolerance approach to Covid-19 amid China's worst outbreak to date.

The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022

Philippines' Pacquiao says he is not to be counted out of presidential race

Shrugging off his low rating in opinion polls, Philippine politician and former boxing star Manny Pacquiao says his impoverished roots make him the best person to be president, as he warned voters to avoid corruption-tainted candidates.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022

'Tip of the iceberg': Taiwan's spy catchers hunt Chinese poachers of chip talent

Taiwan's spy catchers have launched probes into around 100 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching semiconductor engineers and other tech talent, a senior official at the island's Investigation Bureau told Reuters.

Reuters · Apr 8, 2022