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China Typhoons Create Latest Supply-Chain Threat as Ports Shut
Extreme weather in China is becoming the latest challenge to global supply chains, as a heavy typhoon season threatens to further delay goods stuck at some of the world’s busiest container ports.
China reports most new COVID-19 cases since January amid Delta surge
China reported on Wednesday the most new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since January as some cities stepped up restrictions, cut flights and increased testing to get to grips with an outbreak driven mainly by the Delta variant.
Hong Kong museum commemorating 1989 Tiananmen victims reopens online
Hong Kong's June 4th Museum, dedicated to the victims of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, reopened online on Wednesday as "8964 Museum", a pro-democracy group said.
After Months as a Covid Success Story, China Tries to Tame Delta
The government has imposed lockdowns and is testing and tracing aggressively to fight a new outbreak. Experts say it is time for the country to rethink its approach to the virus.
China’s Covid-19 Outbreak Sparks Renewed Scrutiny of Frozen Food
The latest Covid-19 resurgence in China is putting imports of frozen food back under intense scrutiny as authorities act on a controversial claim that it’s possible to contract the virus from food packaging.
Harris to push back on China's South China Sea claims during Asia trip
Vice President Kamala Harris will focus on defending international rules in the South China Sea, strengthening U.S. regional leadership and expanding security cooperation during her trip to Vietnam and Singapore this month, a senior White House official told Reuters.
Delta Variant Arrives in Wuhan After More Than a Year With No Covid-19
Wuhan officials ordered mass testing as Beijing cut off travel in a bid to protect the capital from multiplying outbreaks.
Indian shares hit record highs on tech, consumer stocks boost
Indian shares hit record highs on Tuesday, buoyed by technology and consumer stocks, as economic indicators pointed to a demand recovery, although the gains were capped by worries about surging Delta variant cases elsewhere in Asia.
Oil Sinks a Second Day With Delta’s Spread a Menace to Demand
Oil declined for a second day as the spread of Covid-19’s delta variant in China threatened to disrupt the recovery in global crude consumption.
China engages Mongolia in flurry of talks in wake of US envoy Wendy Sherman
Ulaanbaatar will remain cautious not to choose sides between Beijing and Washington, analyst says.
Delta Variant Stalls Asia’s Economic Recovery After Early Rebound
Asia is emerging as a weak link in an otherwise strong global economic recovery, as rising Covid-19 cases and slow progress on vaccinations begin to paralyze a region that had kept the coronavirus in check.
China Investors’ Purchase of Istanbul Bridge Stake Said to Stall
The sale of a stake in a major suspension bridge over the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul is under threat because of disagreements about the deal’s funding, according to people familiar with the matter.
Stocks reverse to red, oil slips amid Delta variant anxiety
U.S. stocks reversed course on Monday to finish slightly lower, echoing a decline in oil and Treasury prices, as economic worries related to the Delta variant of the coronavirus outweighed optimism about infrastructure spending and corporate earnings.
China’s Covid-19 tracking app crashes amid fresh outbreak
The widely used travel history tracking app crashed on Monday morning, causing chaos for commuters in many places across the country.
Transport into Beijing cut to ‘guard’ capital against Covid-19 surge
More than 350 people in 27 cities have been infected with the Delta strain, four of them in the capital, where authorities have barred anyone from medium- and high-risk areas from entering.
China's July factory activity growth slips to 15-month low - Caixin PMI
China's factory activity growth slipped sharply in July as demand contracted for the first time in over a year in part on high product prices, a business survey showed on Monday, underscoring challenges facing the world's manufacturing hub.
Oil falls over 3% on concerns over demand and OPEC supply boost
Oil prices fell more than 3% on Monday after weak economic data from China and the United States, the world's top oil consumers, and higher crude output from OPEC producers stoked fears of weakness in oil demand and oversupply.
Oil Market News: Oil Opens Week Steady as Traders Weigh Demand, Iran
Oil tumbled by the most in two weeks as a fast-spreading delta variant posed a threat to demand and as economic data out of China signaled a slowdown.
China’s Putting Pigs in 13-Story ‘Hog Hotels’ to Keep Germs Out
China is taking hog biosecurity to new levels -- 13 stories in fact.
For China’s Most Beloved Team, It’s the End of an Era
The country’s women’s volleyball team was unceremoniously ousted in the group stage of this year’s Olympics, but they’re still the popular favorites.
‘Morally condemnable’: China’s ambassador to Russia scolds Chinese returnees
Photo by Huizhong Wu / Reuters Chinese nationals in Russia are swarming to the Heilongjiang border amid Russia’s rising number of COVID-19 cases, but they’ve been…
GDP numbers out tomorrow — how bad will they be?
Tomorrow, April 17, at 10 a.m. Beijing time, the Chinese government will release first-quarter GDP figures and year-to-date investment, as well as retail sales, industrial…
‘China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for six key days’
The China Project illustration by Derek Zheng The Associated Press reports that “the head of China’s National Health Commission, Mǎ Xiǎowěi 马晓伟, laid out a grim…
Taiwan gains influence as it successfully contains COVID-19
Taiwan is now competing with China in “mask diplomacy,” and is racing to deliver medical assistance to countries around the world that are in the middle of COVID-19 outbreaks.
China-Africa relations face an ‘unprecedented rupture’
African residents in Guangzhou have reportedly have been evicted from homes.
Interview with Teo Yik Ying about Singapore’s “Second Wave” of COVID-19
On April 7th Singapore ordered a month long lockdown due to a surge of 142 new coronavirus cases.
Why COVID-19 has spread faster than SARS
New research indicates that the virus that causes COVID-19 was more infectious than SARS when it emerged in Wuhan.
My family survived the lockdown in Wuhan. Now it’s my turn, in New York
Illustration by Julia YH For a long time, I thought I was the only lucky one in my family to have escaped the lockdown in…
