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Shanghai's local COVID cases hit daily record as Jilin outbreak persists

China's financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday reported a fifth consecutive daily record for locally transmitted COVID-19 asymptomatic cases as the highly infectious Omicron variant complicates efforts to stop the virus spreading.

Reuters

Shanghai Disneyland Resort Temporarily Closes Due To COVID-19 Surge: Could It Hurt The Mouse's Growth Momentum?

An international theme park is closing temporarily due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. Here’s a look at what the move could mean for The Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS).

Benzinga

Cui Jie: ‘This kind of communal life is long gone, and memories of it are fading away’

In her new exhibition in Southend, the Chinese artist explores abandoned visions of modernist living in 1920s Essex and 1950s Shanghai

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Disney closes Shanghai park as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens

Disney Co. has closed its Shanghai theme park as Chinese authorities try to control the city’s biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen allowed shops and offices to reopen after a weeklong closure

The Independent UK

Shanghai's Disney resort shut amid record daily local COVID infections

China's financial hub of Shanghai reported on Monday a record daily surge in local COVID-19 infections as authorities scrambled to test residents and rein in the Omicron variant, while closing its Disney resort until further notice.

Reuters

Shanghai Disney Resort to close from Monday as China battles COVID outbreak

The Shanghai Disney Resort said on Sunday it will temporarily close until further notice from Monday, citing the coronavirus pandemic in China.

Reuters

World Shares Mixed after Oil Climbs Back above $100

Shares have opened lower in Europe after gains for most Asian benchmarks as oil prices hovered above $100 per barrel. Stocks rose in Tokyo and Shanghai but fell in Paris, Frankfurt and London.

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‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as omicron exacts deadly toll

SINGAPORE — The repurposed AsiaWorld Expo center in Hong Kong echoes with the moans of elderly COVID-19 patients. Kept in 8-square-foot cubicles, many go weeks without fresh air, sunlight or a bath. Some take their last breaths under the harsh glow of the convention hall lights. On a good day,…

Los Angeles Times

Tesla Giga Shanghai Resumes Production After 48-Hour Halt: Report

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) on Friday resumed production at Giga Shanghai following a two-day suspension, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with

Benzinga

Tesla Attempts To Resume Production At Shanghai Factory

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) tried to keep production going at its Shanghai factory while complying with China's COVID-19 precautions, Reuters reports. The U.S. electric vehicle maker recently halted production at its Shanghai factory for two days as China looked to curb the country's latest resurgence. Tesla admitted cooperating with the government's requirements for nucleic acid…

Benzinga

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 1.4% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 2.41%

Caixin Global

Report: Tesla Giga Shanghai Pauses Production

According to Reuters's unofficial sources, the company is suspending production for two days. Reuters notes that a single day of production is worth 2,000 cars.

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Shanghai Composite Index Rose 3.48% on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 4.02%

Caixin Global

Popular Chinese Actor Owes Government $16.6 Million for Evading Taxes

Shanghai tax authorities says Deng Lun sidestepped paying millions by dressing up personal income as corporate income, which is taxed at a lower rate

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Benzinga

China's Lockdown Of Tech Hubs To Hamper Amazon, Walmart's Online Delivery: Report

China's recent lockdown looks to hamper the online order delivery of global e-commerce firms like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), Bloomberg reports. China had to initiate lockdowns and restrictions in its crucial manufacturing hubs like Shenzhen and Dongguan following a Covid-19 resurgence. Related Content: China Restricts Activities In Shenzhen, Shanghai Following Covid-19 Resurgence The…

France 24

Chinese markets slump over fears of how Covid-19 lockdowns will hurt economy

Stock markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong slumped on Tuesday, as investors fear the impact of the latest Covid-19 lockdowns on China's economy. Nearly 30 million people are now living under restrictions in the country, including in the technology manufacturing hub of Shenzen. Also today, Volkswagen has suspended production of…

The Independent UK

Chinese virus cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption

Anti-virus controls have forced auto and electronics makers to shut factories in China and are raising risks of wider disruptions if the curbs spread to Chinese ports that are among the world’s busiest

Reuters

Shanghai official rules out need for COVID lockdown at the moment

China's financial hub of Shanghai is not under lockdown, and does not need one "at the moment" to minimise the disruption to people's daily lives from the COVID-19 outbreak, state television quoted a city government official as saying.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Nearly 30 Million Under Lockdown in China as Virus Surges

Nearly 30 million people were under lockdown across China on Tuesday, as surging virus cases returned mass tests and hazmat suited health officials to city streets on a scale not seen since the start of the pandemic. China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous…

Benzinga

Yum China Stock Slides As COVID-19 Resurgence Disrupts Operations

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC) said its first-quarter fiscal 2022 operations are significantly impacted by the highly transmissible Omicron variant causing outbreaks across China, including economically important regions of Guangdong, Shanghai, Shandong, and Jilin. The company noted quarter-to-date case counts for 2022 have surpassed that of the full year 2021. Yum China's same-store…

Radio France Internationale

Seventeen million Chinese go back into lockdown as Covid cases surge

Seventeen million people in the Chinese technology industry hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown on Monday, with restrictions also imposed in Shanghai and other major cities in an effort to halt a major threat to the nation's zero-tolerance Covid strategy.

ABC News

China's worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years shuts down major cities

China's government is responding to a spike in coronavirus infections by shutting down its southern business centre of Shenzhen and restricting access to Shanghai.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 2.6% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 3.08%

Asharq Al-Awsat

Chinese Cities and Factories Lock Down as Outbreak Spreads

Seventeen million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday, as a key factory making iPhones closed and restrictions spread across Shanghai and other major cities in an effort to extinguish the biggest-ever threat to the nation's zero-tolerance Covid strategy. The southern…

The Guardian - UK

Master Cheng review – soupy tale of a Chinese chef in smalltown Finland

The dubious locals are won over by a Shanghai widower’s cooking in this hokey but soothing story of acceptance

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