The Latest Breaking News from Shanghai

China COVID curbs hit iPhone output, shut Shanghai Disney

China's COVID-19 curbs forced the temporary closure of Disney's Shanghai resort on Monday, while production of Apple Inc iPhones at a major contract manufacturing facility could drop by 30% in November due to coronavirus restrictions, a source told Reuters.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.77% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index finished nearly flat

Caixin Global · Oct 31, 2022

Shanghai Disney Resort will close indefinitely starting on Halloween due to COVID-19

Shanghai Disney Resort, which includes Shanghai Disneyland, shopping and dining facilities, will be closed indefinitely starting on Halloween due to the coronavirus pandemic.

WEKU · Oct 31, 2022

China launches a COVID-19 vaccine inhaled through the mouth

The Chinese city of Shanghai has started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in what appears to be a world first

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

All of Xi's men: Loyalty first for new Chinese leadership

Seven men and all his ducks in a row. Xi Jinping's third term has been rubber stamped and a new Communist Party leadership unveiled at a Congress that is set to shape China’s politics for much more than just the next five years. We ask about those promoted, like Li…

France 24 · Oct 24, 2022

Who are the men now ruling China? Meet the members of Xi Jinping's powerful Politburo Standing Committee

Chinese President Xi Jinping has unveiled his seven-member Politburo Standing Committee after securing a third term as party leader on Sunday. This is what we know about the seven men on the country's highest decision-making body.

ABC News · Oct 24, 2022

Who is Li Qiang, the man poised to become China’s next premier?

Communist Party chief of Shanghai has been anointed as the second-ranking Politburo Standing Committee member thanks to his loyalty to Xi Jinping

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2022

All Xi’s men: Takeaways from China’s historic Communist Party Congress

The 20th session of the Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing ended Sunday with Xi Jinping securing an unprecedented third presidential term. That was the set piece, arranged for maximum political ends. The real story though was the unscripted dramas – the men who rose and fell in the party’s…

France 24 · Oct 23, 2022

Ding Xuexiang: from Xi staff chief to ruling elite

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday made his chief of staff, Ding Xuexiang, one of the most powerful men in China, in a move party watchers say underscores the importance Xi puts on trust and loyalty.

Reuters · Oct 23, 2022

Who’s who in Xi Jinping’s China as leader cements power

An introduction to loyal Xi acolytes on politburo standing committee who will now shape Xi’s vision for China

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2022