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After Shanghai lockdowns, U.S. hospitals don’t have enough of a dye used for cancer and stroke scans
China’s COVID-choked supply chains are hitting U.S. hospitals. The latest product that can’t be shipped is a dye used daily in scans for cancer, strokes, and heart conditions.
Exactly how pessimistic are you about the Chinese economy? — Q&A with Anne Stevenson-Yang
Veteran China entrepreneur and financial analyst Anne Stevenson-Yang was in China for the roaring 1990s and 2000s. Things have gotten less fun since then, and she told us all about it.
China restricts overseas travel, ostensibly to keep COVID at bay
China’s top immigration authority has announced stricter curbs on “non-essential” international travel by citizens.
How scared are people in Beijing of a COVID lockdown? — Q&A with Anthony Tao
A chat with Anthony Tao, The China Project’s managing editor, who lives in Beijing, where some of his fellow residents are stockpiling food in fear of strict Shanghai-style lockdowns that could come to the city if COVID rates continue to rise.
Editor’s Note for Thursday, May 5, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Chinese supermarkets, airlines, and hotels are COVID victims, but ecommerce companies are raking it in
Supermarkets, airlines, hotels, movie theaters, and other businesses dependent on physical human traffic are suffering under China’s COVID-19 lockdowns, but ecommerce companies are raking it in.
Supply chains are snarled up but transportation and freight companies are making bank
As COVID rages on in China and global supply chains remain jammed up, Chinese logistics companies are doing better than ever: 2021 was a banner year for companies that move goods around China and the world.
Editor’s Note for Monday, April 25, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
COVID-19 lockdown in the capital: Some Beijingers panic-buy as others remain phlegmatic
Life is not quite normal in China’s capital as fears of a lockdown rise alongside infection rates, but many people don’t fear the worst.
Parts of Beijing go into COVID-19 lockdown, as Shanghai fences residents in and Hong Kong eases restrictions slightly
Pandemic restrictions are affecting all of China’s major metropolises: This is a roundup of the latest lockdown news.
Cooked in Shanghai — Editor’s Note for Friday, April 22, 2022
A note for The China Project newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘The mandate of heaven, ain’t falling yet, but there’s a lot of shit on people’s shoes’ — Q&A with Howard Snyder
Howard Snyder has decades of experience in risk and crisis management in Asia for companies like Coca Cola at events like the Shanghai Expo and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. We talked to him about Shanghai under lockdown and what it means for China’s future.
Shanghai keeps COVID restrictions
Today in pandemic news from China: Shanghai will keep restrictions in place, moldy food, and more.
Lockdown eases in Shanghai
Today in pandemic news from China: Despite an ease in quarantine rules, troublesome accounts of official incompetence and of residents being treated badly are still popping up in Shanghai.
Editor’s Note for Tuesday, April 19, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Supply chains, speculation on Taiwan, and more.
Bad times for the travel business as COVID lockdowns persist
China’s millions of tourists are staying put as lockdowns, long quarantines, and travel restrictions lead to staycations, not vacations.
Shanghai reports a rise in COVID deaths, while people fall through the cracks
Today in pandemic news from China: Seven more deaths in Shanghai, a red health code app leaves a man homeless, and more.
Editor’s Note for Monday, April 18, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: China is sticking to COVID zero, and the growing anxiety over investing in China.
Shanghai reports first COVID-related deaths as lockdowns stretch on
Despite three COVID deaths and shocking accounts from quarantine facilities, Beijing is sticking to its pandemic playbook.
Yeah nothing much happening — Editor’s Note for Friday, April 15, 2022
A note for The China Project newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: the same level of suffering in Shanghai’s lockdown, big companies warn of the consequences of COVID curbs, and minimum wage in China.