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Tourists can see the city while floating down the Suzhou Creek, after two sightseeing cruise routes opened in the financial hub. Each route, which lasts either one hour or 30 minutes, passes by several historic buildings, including the Sihang Warehouse Battle Memorial and the General Post Office Building. The 78-mile…

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From zero-tolerance into the unknown – a visual guide to three years of Covid in China

In 2019, the world’s first Covid case was detected in Wuhan. This month China abruptly shifted away from efforts to eliminate the virus

The Guardian - AU

‘Lockdown meant extreme stress, now I have new concerns’: my life in Shanghai

A resident in the Chinese city describes the feeling of liberation as Covid restrictions are lifted, while remaining nervous about the coming wave

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As food shortages hit locked-down Shanghai, the gift of two carrots and a potato was pure luxury

Severe Covid measures in China meant millions of us had to rely on handouts and bartering, says Jennifer Pak, China correspondent for the Marketplace radio programme

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.09% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.66%

Caixin Global

China reportedly delays key economic meeting amid signs of COVID surge

Chinese leaders have reportedly delayed a key economic policy meeting amid growing signs that COVID-19 infections are surging in Beijing nearly a week after they jettisoned some of the world's toughest anti-virus restrictions.

Reuters

Shanghai Universities Let Students Head Home Early Amid Covid Spike

Students can apply to study remotely for the remainder of the term, as higher education institutions try to lessen the burden from potential infections

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Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge

People queued outside fever clinics at Chinese hospitals for COVID-19 checks on Monday, a new sign of the rapid spread of symptoms after authorities began dismantling an apparatus they used to surveil residents and curtail movement.

Reuters

Facing COVID Surge, China Expanding Hospitals, ICUs

Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to strengthen hospitals as Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests. President Xi Jinping’s government is officially committed to stopping virus…

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Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

The Independent UK

Jiang Zemin: Leader who guided China’s rise to economic power

Under Jiang’s tutelage, China had its longest period of stable economic growth under Communist rule

The Independent UK

China: Tesla EV Sales And Exports Surged In November 2022

In November, Tesla significantly increased its local retail sales in China and export of electric cars, produced at the Giga Shanghai plant.

InsideEVs

China's tourism sector hails sudden policy shift on zero-Covid, but lockdown scepticism remains

The night China announced it would ease some of its most controversial coronavirus controls, Shanghai resident Yu Yuan immediately booked a high-speed train ticket to Beijing for a New Year's trip.

Bangkok Post

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.3% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.98%

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'It's dead out here': China's slow exit from zero-COVID

Judging by Friday's quiet streets in China's capital Beijing and the reluctance of some businesses to drop COVID curbs, enduring anxieties about the coronavirus are likely to hamper a speedy return to health for the world's second-largest economy.

Reuters

As China loosens COVID restrictions, protesters fear retribution

Late last month, Shanghai resident Pei was one of many people who came out in support of historic protests against China's COVID-19 curbs, including filming several seconds of footage of a man being arrested on a street corner.

Reuters

COVID spread fears grow as China unwinds zero-tolerance curbs

As many Chinese embraced new freedoms on Thursday after the country dropped key parts of its tough zero-COVID regime, there was mounting concern that a virus that had largely been kept in check could soon run wild.

Los Angeles Times

‘The protest of our generation’: China’s first-time demonstrators try to find a voice

TAIPEI, Taiwan — It was the middle of the night in Shanghai when Jack’s phone rang, with a message from a friend: Something big is happening.

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The Independent UK

Under China's 'zero COVID,' uncertainty reigns and unsettles

As coronavirus cases rose in Shanghai earlier this year and the city’s lockdown stretched from weeks to months, Leah Zhang’s feeling of suffocation grew

Reuters

Shanghai Disneyland theme park to reopen on Thursday

Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen to visitors on Thursday, according to a statement issued by Shanghai Disney Resort on Wednesday.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Ended Nearly Flat on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.67%

The Guardian - AU

Hu Jintao reappears as China comes to standstill for late leader Jiang Zemin

Former leader who was removed from a key meeting in October attended the memorial where Xi Jinping urged country to ‘turn grief into strength’

WEKU

Perspective: Jiang Zemin's passing marks the end of an era for China

As China holds a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin, an NPR correspondent who met Jiang reflects on the figure and his transforming country.

Tribune News Service

Tesla set to cut Shanghai output in sign of sluggish demand

Tesla Inc. plans to lower production at its Shanghai factory, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest sign demand in China isn’t meeting expectations.

InsideEVs

Tesla Sold 100,291 China-Made EVs In November, A New Record

In the first 11 months of this year, Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai delivered more than 650,000 vehicles, far exceeding last year's total of 484,130.

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