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The Latest Breaking News from Shanghai

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.49% on Monday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.37%

Caixin Global

COVID-shaming pits neighbour against neighbour in locked-down Shanghai

The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitting young against old, locals against outsiders, and above all, COVID-negative against COVID-positive people.

Reuters

Shanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak

Officials say three people have died from COVID-19 in Shanghai, in the first reported deaths of the latest outbreak in China's most populous and wealthiest city

The Independent UK

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China Economy Grows 4.8% in 1st Quarter as Virus Bites

China's economy grew 4.8 percent in the first quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday, warning of "significant challenges" ahead as a resurgence of the coronavirus threatens Beijing's ambitious annual target. The world's second-biggest economy was already losing steam in the latter half of last year with a property…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai Reports 1st COVID Deaths Since Start of Lockdown

Shanghai on Monday said three people had died from COVID-19, the first official announcement of deaths from an outbreak which has plunged the megacity into a weeks-long lockdown, sparking widespread anger and rare protests. Since March, a patchwork of restrictions has kept most of the city's 25 million residents confined…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai records first official Covid deaths since lockdown imposed

Three fatalities were one woman aged 89 and two 91-year-olds, highlighting concerns about low vaccination rates among elderly

The Guardian - AU

China’s growth beats forecasts, but COVID, Ukraine risks grow

Stronger-than-expected figures cover only a small period of ongoing ultra-strict lockdown in Shanghai.

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Australians under lockdown in Shanghai fear family separation as city reports first COVID deaths

Australians living under Shanghai's strict COVID lockdown say taking infected children away from their parents is "inhumane".

ABC News

Shanghai quarantine: 24-hour lights, no hot showers

Thousands of people in Shanghai who test positive for the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms are being ordered into quarantine centers in exhibition halls and other buildings

The Independent UK

Shanghai’s lockdown protests reveal tensions over zero-Covid

China’s determination to enforce zero-Covid policies is pushing its vast, bustling financial hub to breaking point

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai targets lockdown turning point by Wednesday - sources

Shanghai has set a target to stop the spread of COVID-19 outside of quarantined areas by Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter said, which would allow the city to further ease its lockdown and start returning to normal life as public frustrations grow.

Reuters

Lockdowns affecting 373 million Chinese

About 373 million people in 45 cities across China have come under some form of lockdown due to a surge in coronavirus cases, according to estimates by a Nomura International analysts in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

Weekly Must-Read: China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial

International arrivals will face 10 days of isolation instead of 14 in four-week test involving Shanghai, Guangzhou and six other cities

Caixin Global

China’s surge proves the folly of trying to achieve ‘zero-COVID-19′

From the outset, mystery has shrouded the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The origin of the virus remains unknown, important Chinese journalists and key scientists have been muted, and case and death totals reported by China’s government have been unbelievably low — the United States and most of Western Europe have…

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Reuters

More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai COVID cases rise

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

ABC News

Shanghai is China's richest city. But even billionaires and celebrities aren't safe from its extreme lockdown

As Shanghai enters its fourth week of lockdown, Chinese elites are finding themselves trapped by extreme COVID measures in a city where the welfare of lower-income residents remains unknown.

Daily Mirror

Chinese cops in hazmat suits seize people's HOMES in world's strictest Covid lockdown

Shanghai is struggling with over 20,000 new Covid cases a day - and residents have been ordered out of their flats to make way for positive coronavirus patients

InsideEVs

Tesla's Giga Shanghai May Restart Production April 18

Tesla was forced to shut down its Gigafactory in Shanghai on March 28. The freeze was recently extended, but sources confirm the goal is to reopen next week.

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The Guardian - UK

Will China’s zero-Covid policy bring the world’s factory grinding to a halt?

Huawei executive warns of ‘massive losses’ in tech sector as tensions rise over strict lockdowns

Evening Standard

Shanghai residents and police clash after homes seized for Covid quarantine

Shanghai residents have been seen in a video wrangling with authorities in hazmat suits as anger and desperation at the city’s Covid lockdown continues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Apple, Others Face Shipment Delays as China COVID Curbs Squeeze Suppliers, Say Analysts

Shipments of some Apple products, as well as Dell and Lenovo laptops are likely to face delays if China's COVID-19 lockdowns persist, analysts said, as curbs force assemblers to shut down and closed-loop arrangements get harder to maintain. China's race to stop the spread of COVID-19 has jammed highways and…

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.45% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.56%

ABC News

Shanghai authorities turning residential buildings into COVID-19 isolation facilities, sparking anger

Authorities in Shanghai are converting residential buildings into quarantine centres to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases, but the move is sparking anger and protests among neighbours who are worried they are being put at increased risk of infection.

Tribune News Service

Xi moves to stop Shanghai COVID rage from sweeping across China

BEIJING — President Xi Jinping now has a bigger problem than stopping COVID-19 infections: quelling escalating anger in Shanghai before it spreads across China, creating a wider crisis of confidence in the Communist Party.

Benzinga

Alibaba Tech VP Mocks China's Covid Policies; Clarifies Not Resigning

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) VP of technology, Jia Yangqing, clarified that he did not resign from the company and had traveled from Shanghai to the U.S. to see a doctor, Global Times reports. Jia traveled from Shanghai to California, the U.S., in the middle of the night because of the situation…

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