The Latest Breaking News from Shanghai

Neusoft Medical Sets Sights Again on HK IPO, With Business Risks in Focus

Key Takeaways: Neusoft Medical has taken several twists and turns on the IPO road, reversing out of an earlier bid to join Shanghai’s STAR Market and now making a third attempt to list shares in Hong Kong

Benzinga · Sep 13, 2022

Ports, schools shut as Typhoon Muifa barrels toward eastern China

Storm is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, and China’s typhoon alert has been upgraded to second-highest level.

Al Jazeera · Sep 13, 2022

'Mato Anomalies' preview: Compelling Persona noir vibes in neo-futuristic Shanghai

Investigate mysterious happenings in 'Mato Anomalies' as Detective Doe, who gets caught up with a dude who can jump into pocket dimensions.

Inverse · Sep 9, 2022

How to buy Tesla shares (TSLA)

Tesla Inc (TSLA) - Quarterly Update: 20 July 2023

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2022

Review: 'Tomorrow in Shanghai,' by May-lee Chai

The third story in May-lee Chai's collection "Tomorrow in Shanghai" is titled "The Monkey King of Sichuan." In it, two graduate school friends (Grace and Esther) reunite after many years apart and Grace reveals that she was sexually harassed by a famous professor when they were students.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

‘It’s getting extremely hard’: climate crisis forces China to ration electricity

Forest fires, droughts and heatwaves across the country is forcing provinces to reduce power consumption

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2022

'It felt like my insides were crying': China COVID curbs hit youth mental health

HONG KONG Reuters) - Zhang Meng had a breakdown last December. The 20-year-old found herself sobbing on the stairs of her dorm, driven to despair by repeated COVID lockdowns of her university campus in Beijing.

Reuters · Aug 29, 2022

EV battery giant touts longer range

SHANGHAI: The world’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker says it is working on new materials that would enable a vehicle to travel 700 kilometres on a single charge.

Bangkok Post · Aug 27, 2022

Sending suspect to China could cost New Zealand millions

Sending a murder suspect to face trial in China could end up costing New Zealand taxpayers millions of dollars because officials would need to post an extra diplomat to Shanghai to monitor his treatment, documents exclusively obtained by The Associated Press show

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

‘I didn’t imagine things to be this bad’: TikToker shares her experience with racism in China

Entry bans to public places, racist comments and death threats: For many foreigners in China, xenophobia has been a growing phenomenon during the pandemic. For a foreigner who is also a person of colour, the situation can be particularly bad. Our Observer, a student in Shanghai from the US, told…

France 24 · Aug 23, 2022