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China, Ukraine, and the Fed will shock Asia’s economy this year, World Bank says
The World Bank has slashed China’s economic growth to 5.0%, making the nation one of three major shocks forecasted to hit Asian economies this year.
A factory keeps running in locked-down Shanghai, as economy enters uncharted territory
China’s worst-ever outbreak of COVID threatens Beijing’s goal of economic stability.
Editor’s Note for Monday, April 4, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: China and Ukraine officials speak on the phone, people reel under COVID zero, and more.
Shanghai residents seethe as city enters second week of lockdown
As Shanghai moves to extend its COVID lockdown, its 26 million residents are bearing the brunt of the cost.
Back to 2020 — Editor’s Note for Friday, April 1, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Shanghai is closed for business under COVID, allegations of Chinese hackers in Ukraine, and pop icon Jay Chou.
China’s COVID-19 spike and a clash of civilizations
We talked to global health policy expert Yanzhong Huang about why China is sticking to its COVID-zero strategy in the face of the biggest rise in infections since the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan in 2020.
Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as anger grows
As China’s commercial capital continues to implement a massive two-stage COVID lockdown, its 26 million residents are scrambling to adjust to the new curbs.
Dancing for anti-epidemic workers needs to stop, critics say
“A performer, a propagandist, and a bunch of entry-level social workers. Together, they put together a black comedy,” a Weibo user wrote. Another person quipped, “We haven’t eliminated COVID-19 entirely yet, but it seems like a new brain disease has taken hold.”
Shanghai lockdown sends its economy reeling
After a record number of COVID cases were reported on Sunday, Shanghai went into its largest citywide lockdown since the start of the pandemic.
China isn’t pivoting from COVID zero yet
Despite adjustments to its pandemic playbook, China is sticking to its dynamic COVID-zero approach.
Major cities lock down as Omicron breaks through China’s defenses
Shanghai and Shenzhen are among several major cities in China that have gone under lockdown as the nation hits a two-year high in new COVID-19 cases. What does this mean for the country’s COVID-zero policy?
Bye bye Li Keqiang — Editor’s Note for Friday, March 11, 2022
A note for readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Is China shifting from COVID zero to coexistence?
China is looking for new ways to deal with the virus. Some think it’s a move away from COVID zero. Others doubt a major change in the near future.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
COVID-19 originated from Wuhan market, new studies find
Two new studies suggest that COVID-19 first spread in humans at the same live market in Wuhan where the initial infections were reported.
Hong Kong intensifies COVID control measures amid Omicron wave, pushing residents to the brink
To deal with its worst surge of COVID yet, Hong Kong will test its entire 7.4 million population three times in March, in addition to delaying an election and turning schools into health facilities. Some residents are in desperate situations, and some are choosing to flee the city.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, February 16, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Hong Kong is more and more a part of China, except when it comes to the city’s outbreak of COVID-19.
Hong Kong vs. COVID
Hong Kong’s fifth COVID wave is threatening to overload the city’s emergency resources. But some worry that methods to temper the outbreak provide an opportunity for Beijing to increase its control over the city.
China clears Pfizer’s COVID pill
Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID pill, is the first oral treatment to receive conditional approval in China. That doesn’t mean a shift away from COVID zero.
Editor’s Note for Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
WSJ News Exclusive | Covid-19 Panel of Scientists Investigating Origins of Virus Is Disbanded
Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs says the task force’s ties to a nonprofit that worked with the Wuhan Institute of Virology risked a perception of bias.
Great Wall of Lights: China’s sea power on Darwin’s doorstep
ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky.
Foreign Businesses Say They Feel Effects From China’s Turn Inward
U.S. and European companies operating in the country are grappling with closed borders, increasingly nationalistic consumers and growing favoritism toward domestic companies, two business lobbies said.
Vietnamese Border Region Residents Remove China's Electrified Fencing
The construction of a high-voltage border fence between China's Guangxi region and Vietnam creates ill-feeling.
Xi’s army: from ‘hiding and biding’ to building China’s dream
The combat capability of the People’s Liberation Army may still be a ‘work in progress’ but it is catching up through influence and training
China keeps virus at bay at high cost ahead of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The Beizhong International Travel Agency in the eastern city of Tianjin has had only one customer since coronavirus outbreaks that began in July prompted Chinese leaders to renew city lockdowns and travel controls.
DHL launches China-Africa freighter operation - Air Cargo News
DHL Global Forwarding has launched a dedicated 100-tonne weekly airfreight service for organisations and governments shipping goods from China to Africa
Chinese vaccine safe for children as young as 3, says study
The data was released as a fresh cluster of cases in primary school children has intensified the debate about vaccinating under-12s.
China should consider vaccinating children aged under 12 against COVID - China CDC expert
China should consider inoculating children aged under 12 to further boost its vaccination drive, an expert at China's disease control authority said on Thursday, as data showed over 70% of the population have received their COVID-19 shots.
Did the US fund risky research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?
New details about US-financed research in China spurs discussion about gain of function research and what risks are acceptable.
China Has Fully Vaccinated More Than 1 Billion People
China has fully vaccinated more than 1 billion people against Covid-19 -- over 70% of its total population -- powering ahead of the U.S. and Europe despite having no immediate plans to ease some of the strictest pandemic measures in the world.
Chinese Tech Companies Vow to Tear Down Their ‘Walled Garden’
The country’s leading internet platforms are being pressured to allow posting of competitors’ links.
China imposes local lockdowns as COVID-19 cases surge
BEIJING (AP) — China tightened lockdowns and increased orders for mass testing in cities along its east coast Wednesday amid the latest surge in COVID-19 cases. Checks have been set up in toll stations around the city of Putian in Fujian province, with a dozen of them closed entirely.
China’s Economic Recovery Is Looking Gloomier
Growth across a range of Chinese economic indicators pulled back sharply as a new Covid-19 outbreak and tighter government regulations on the property market hit consumer spending and the housing sector.
Top S. Korean, Chinese diplomats meet amid N. Korea tensions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and China met Wednesday for talks expected to focus on North Korea and other regional security issues, two days after North Korea claimed to have tested a newly developed cruise missile.
EXCLUSIVE China's Miniso to double U.S. stores, add NY 'flagship' as pandemic slashes mall rents
Chinese retailer Miniso Group will open a 'flagship' New York store and nearly double its U.S. outlets this year, betting post-pandemic shoppers on a budget will snap up cheap but fun goods for homes and work like $10 soft toy cats and $4 staplers shaped like avocados.
Singapore pledges to work with China amid US overtures
The Chinese diplomat has addressed the US-China feud over the origins of Covid-19, telling a Singaporean official the row risks jeopardising recovery efforts.
China Begins Landmine Removal Operation Along Border With Myanmar
The landmines were reportedly planted to target civilians moving back and forth across the 2,000-kilometer mountainous border informally.
Everest to bring Canadian biotech's potential COVID shots to China, other markets
Shanghai-based Everest Medicines (1952.HK) said it signed a licence agreement with Providence Therapeutics to make and sell the Canadian biotechnology company's potential mRNA COVID vaccines in some Asian countries including China.
Chinese city imposes travel curbs, closes public venues in new COVID-19 outbreak
A city in China's southeastern province of Fujian has closed cinemas and gyms, sealed off some entries and exits to highways and told residents not to leave town as it battles a local COVID-19 outbreak.
