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China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Restrictions Curb May 1 Holiday Travel

Many Chinese are marking a quiet May Day holiday this year as the government's "zero-COVID" approach restricts travel and enforces lockdowns in multiple cities. All restaurants in Beijing are closed to dine-in customers from Sunday through the end of the holiday on Wednesday, open only for takeout and delivery. Parks…

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China's zero-COVID restrictions curb May 1 holiday travel

Many Chinese are marking a quiet May Day holiday this year as the government’s zero-COVID approach restricts travel and enforces lockdowns in multiple cities

The Independent UK

As Beijing tightens COVID curbs, hard-hit Shanghai sees signs of life

The Chinese capital Beijing tightened COVID restrictions on Sunday as it battled an outbreak, while Shanghai let more of its 25 million residents venture out for light and air after reporting a second day of zero infections outside of quarantine areas.

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Six Shanghai districts reach 'zero-COVID' status

China's financial hub of Shanghai has reined in COVID transmission risks at the community level, excluding cases in quarantine centres, with six of its 16 districts attaining zero-COVID status, an official said on Sunday.

Reuters

Shanghai’s COVID measures to remain even as spread slows

Shanghai’s measures to stem community spread of COVID-19 will remain in place, even as infections drop and the city reported no new cases outside quarantined areas on Friday for the first time since the recent outbreak started.

Tribune News Service

We are keeping an eye on Asian Games situation, says Anurag Thakur amid COVID outbreak in China

NEW DELHI: Union Sports and Youth affairs minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said a decision on Indian player's participation at this year's Asian Games will be taken after receiving information from host country China, as the COVID cases rapidly increased in Shanghai.

The Times of India

China manufacturing weakens further as lockdowns continue

China’s manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in an attempt to stem COVID-19 outbreaks

The Independent UK

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Top Stories of the Month: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting

China’s financial, logistics and manufacturing giant struggles to get back on its feet as Covid lockdowns snarl logistics and restrict the workforce

Caixin Global

When this Shanghai building went into COVID lockdown, my WeChat message group blew up

For nine years, I lived in a giant apartment complex called the Summit with hundreds of other people in the city of Shanghai. Now my old neighbors are entering week six stuck inside.

WEKU

Shanghai marks COVID milestone, Beijing on edge

Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a milestone in its battle to contain the virus, which has paralysed the city of 25 million and put residents in the capital Beijing on edge.

Reuters

EXPLAINER: How China is using metal barriers to fight COVID

Several districts in Shanghai put up metal barriers last weekend as part of the city’s battle against a COVID-19 outbreak, in a move that drew protests and anger from some residents

The Independent UK

Shanghai reports zero cases outside quarantined areas for April 29

China's Shanghai reported zero COVID-19 cases outside its quarantined areas for April 29, the first time since the recent outbreak in the eastern financial hub, according to local health authorities.

Reuters

‘Like Wuhan all over again’: As Shanghai protests, China censors

Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown has fuelled outrage on a scale not seen since 2020 after the virus first began to spread.

Al Jazeera

Shanghai Allows More Companies to Resume Operations

Amid continuing Covid lockdowns, Chinese industrial hub lists Huawei, Unisoc, YTO, Dow and Panasonic as good to go back to work

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China won't give up on its COVID zero policy. As a Beijing lockdown looms, experts explain why

Countries such as Australia and New Zealand have given up on trying to eliminate COVID-19, but China still refuses to learn to live with the virus. Here's why.

The Times of India

China facing 'tsunami' of Omicron, says top official as Shanghai, Beijing battle to curb Covid spread

BEIJING: China is facing a"tsunami" of Omicron, a senior official said on Friday, as the country reported over 20,000 Covid-19 cases with its largest city Shanghai continuing to reel under lockdown for over three weeks while over 21 million people in capital Beijing underwent third nucleic acid test amid the…

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China: Guangzhou Rushes to Quell COVID Outbreak

Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public transport, closing off some areas, and advising citizens against leaving the region. China is currently battling to contain the virus in several cities, with Shanghai residents simmering under a…

Benzinga

Arm Removes Significant Obstacle Hindering IPO Aspirations: FT

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) owned Arm is on the verge of regaining control of its defector China joint venture, the Financial Times reports. The development will remove a significant obstacle to SoftBank’s IPO ambitions for the U.K. chip designer. Arm holds a 47.3% stake in Arm China, while Chinese investment firm…

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The Guardian - UK

As China looks on at a world opening up, can Xi Jinping survive zero-Covid?

With 340m people living under lockdown or restrictions, the administration are sticking to their stance. But at what cost?

The Independent UK

Political stakes high as Beijing responds to virus outbreak

Beijing is starting to resemble other Chinese cities grappling with the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 2.41% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 3.69%

Reuters

'Entry only. No exit:' Beijing sees more COVID closures as anger grows in Shanghai

China's capital Beijing closed more businesses and residential compounds on Friday, with authorities ramping up contact tracing to contain a COVID-19 outbreak, while resentment at the month-long lockdown in Shanghai grew.

Reuters

More than 12 million in Shanghai can leave homes as COVID risk ebbs

As many as 12.38 million Shanghai residents, nearly half the population of China's financial hub, are now in lower-risk areas, meaning they can leave their homes, the government said on Friday.

Reuters

Expats flee as Shanghai's COVID lockdown drags

Shanghai's heavy-handed COVID-19 lockdown is driving scores of foreign residents to flee the commercial centre, denting the appeal of mainland China's most cosmopolitan city and prompting others to rethink their futures in the metropolis.

ABC News

Beijing locals buy fridges, stockpile food after Shanghai residents warn COVID outbreak will 'get serious'

As health authorities continue mass testing nearly 22 million people in Beijing to curb a COVID-19 outbreak, the city's residents are stockpiling food and other basic goods.

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