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Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds

Shanghai, Moscow and Tehran have the highest levels of NO2 pollution, according to the research

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Chelsea star Oscar's transfer fail as Flamengo move blocked and he's trapped in China

Former Chelsea man Oscar finds himself stuck in China after his club, Shanghai SIPG, blocked a move to Flamengo despite the player posing in a shirt ahead of the planned switch

Daily Mirror

Crowds try to flee Shanghai Ikea store to avoid strict COVID-19 lockdown in China

Health authorities try to lock down customers at a Chinese Ikea store over an "abnormal" coronavirus test result as dozens of people flee.

ABC News

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Ikea shoppers flee attempt to lock down store in Shanghai

Chaotic scenes at an Ikea in Shanghai saw panicked shoppers rush for the exits as authorities tried to lock down the store over a COVID-19 case.

The New Daily

The Chinese dream of home ownership is crumbling. The economy could go with it

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Last November, hundreds of angry homeowners in Nanchang, the capital of China's Jiangxi province, gathered on the roof of an unfinished apartment building. From their perch, they unfurled red and white banners along the outer walls and chanted demands for completion of the homes they had already…

Los Angeles Times

Tesla Celebrates 1,000,000th Electric Car Produced In Shanghai

Tesla celebrates the 1 millionth electric car produced at the Tesla Giga Shanghai plant in China. The production began in late 2019.

InsideEVs

Asian Shares Mixed after China Cuts Key Rate, Japan GDP Up

Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after China's central bank cut a key interest rate and Japan reported its economy picked up momentum in the last quarter. Tokyo and Sydney advanced while Hong Kong, Shanghai and Bangkok fell. US futures edged lower early Monday, while oil prices declined. The…

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Shanghai to reopen all schools Sept. 1 as lockdown fears persist

China's financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it would reopen all schools including kindergartens, primary and middle schools on Sept. 1 after months of COVID-19 closures.

Reuters

Shanghai extends weekly COVID-19 testing requirement until end of September

China's most populous city Shanghai has extended its weekly COVID-19 test requirement and extended free testing until the end of September in a bid to keep the virus in check, authorities announced on Saturday.

Reuters

‘I felt I was being assessed on my skin colour’: Black women around the world share their birth stories

From Rio to Reykjavik, London to Shanghai, Black women face a maternal health crisis. Six mothers share their stories of pregnancy, birth – and racism

The Guardian - UK

‘China’s Hawaii’ promised escape. Tourists got lockdowns instead

Some 178,000 tourists are reportedly stranded in Hainan as the resort island battles its worst COVID outbreak yet.

Al Jazeera

Escaping Shanghai's COVID lockdown only to get trapped in Hainan

Brian Hall fled Shanghai in June to avoid another lockdown of his residential compound, escaping to China's tropical tourist island of Hainan where he could work remotely as a public health professor after undertaking 10 days of quarantine.

Reuters

Analysis-More Chinese women delay or give up on having babies after zero-COVID ordeal

Seeing Chinese authorities exercise extraordinary powers during a stringent COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai earlier this year altered Claire Jiang's life plans: she no longer wants to have babies in China.

Reuters

Chinese resort city Sanya locked down

SHANGHAI: The southern Chinese beach holiday city of Sanya imposed a lockdown on Saturday and shut its public transport system to try to stop a Covid-19 outbreak during its peak tourist season.

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Daily Mirror

Child falls out of car window onto busy road as driver pulls away at junction

The terrifying clip shows the moment a young child topples out of the passenger-side window of a vehicle at an intersection in Ningbo, a city in eastern China just south of Shanghai

Newsroom.co.nz

Kiwi export reps troubled by trials and tribulations of China's lockdown

Under intense pressure to keep their businesses operating, NZers struggled even to access food under Shanghai's draconian restrictions.

InsideEVs

Tesla's Giga Shanghai Cranking Out EVs And Packing Pier Parking Lots

We recently showed you Tesla's massive stockpile of mostly Model 3 exports. They're gone now, and Tesla China is already teeming with Model Ys for export.

ABC News

Defiant Laoximen residents cling to homes as Shanghai's former cultural centre is redeveloped

One of Shanghai's oldest neighbourhoods is barely clinging to life as the city presses ahead with demolition and redevelopment plans.

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The Independent UK

Sony sees profit rise despite waning interest in video games

Sony has reported its profit edged up 3% in the last quarter, weathering production setbacks from COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and a trend away from video games as pandemic restrictions eased elsewhere

Foreign Affairs

What to Expect From a Bolder Xi Jinping

Get Ready for a More Ambitious Chinese Foreign Policy

Al Jazeera

China’s BYD was written off by Elon Musk. Now it’s beating Tesla

Shenzhen-based electric carmaker sold more than 641,000 vehicles in the first half of 2022.

The News Lens

What’s Next for China’s Economy?

China’s economy shrunk from April to June compared to the first three months of the year.

InsideEVs

Tesla To Produce 3,000 EVs Per Day In China After Factory Upgrades

Despite some setbacks in China early on, along with the more recent shutdowns, Tesla's Giga Shanghai has been largely successful, and now it's upping the ante.

Reuters

Shanghai's Baoshan district orders lockdown on some steel warehouses

A district in China's financial hub of Shanghai has ordered a three-day lockdown of some of its steel warehouses from July 26 after a residential neighborhood in the district was classified as high risk following the detection of a coronavirus case there.

The Guardian - UK

Qin Yi obituary

One of China’s ‘four great actresses’ whose career lasted from the pre-communist era to modern blockbusters

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