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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…

Chicago Tribune

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.

Reuters

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.

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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

Daily Mirror

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.

InsideEVs

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 0.45% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 0.56%

Caixin Global

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.

ABC News

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.

Tribune News Service

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…

Benzinga

Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise

Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise

The Independent UK

Locked-Down Shanghai residents barter for what money can’t buy

SHANGHAI: For many of Shanghai’s 25 million residents, the city’s strict Covid lockdown has made procuring food and daily necessities a struggle money can’t resolve. They’re resorting instead to bartering, trading neighbors ice cream for vegetables or wine for cake.

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Elderly Shanghai man’s pleas for medical help censored in China

BEIJING: China has censored an audio clip of an elderly man in Shanghai begging a local official for help seeing a doctor, a sign of the pressure confronting the government as it enforces an increasingly unpopular lockdown on the financial hub of 25 million people.

Reuters

Camp beds and bread for Shanghai's quarantined COVID cases

Separated by less than an arm's length, people at a quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Shanghai after testing positive for COVID-19 lie in rows of grey camp beds, suitcases and other belongings strewn next to them.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Uniqlo Owner Sees Big Profit Drop in China Due to COVID Restrictions

Clothing brand Uniqlo's Japanese owner said on Thursday its China operation would report a large profit decline in the current fiscal year owing to the country's COVID-19 restrictions. Fast Retailing is a bellwether for how major global retailers are being impacted by COVID-related shutdowns in China, one of the biggest…

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 1.22% on Thursday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 1.27%

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Reuters

Shanghai cases hit record as Xi reiterates urgency of COVID curbs

China's financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new high, a day after President Xi Jinping said that the country must continue with its strict "dynamic COVID clearance" policy and pandemic control measures.

The Times of India

Xi Jinping: China must stick to 'Covid Zero' even as costs mount

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government will stick to its zero-tolerance approach to Covid even as public anger simmers in Shanghai and economic costs mount.

Tribune News Service

Xi says China must stick to COVID zero tolerance policy even as costs mount

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government will stick to its zero tolerance approach to COVID-19 even as public anger simmers in Shanghai and economic costs mount.

ABC News

Shanghai's messy COVID-19 lockdown forcing foreign workers to rethink life in China's financial hub

Shanghai authorities may be loosening one of the world's strictest lockdowns, but after weeks of uncertainty and food shortages, many foreign workers are considering leaving.

Benzinga

Elon Musk, Tesla Silent On Well-Being Of Locked Down Shanghai Workers

As the Shanghai region of China enters its third week of restrictive shutdown in the wake of a COVID-19 resurgence, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has offered no update on the resumption of manufacturing from its Shanghai facility, nor has it provided any word on what it is doing to assist…

Benzinga

How China's Zero-COVID Policy Is Taking A Toll On Its Economy

The more contagious omicron strain of COVID-19 is testing China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy and while many signs underscore the strategy’s adverse impact on the country’s economic recovery, Beijing continues to stick to it, dismissing suggestions that China should learn to live with the virus as other nations do.

The Guardian - UK

Shanghai TV channel postpones Covid spin show after backlash

Residents express dismay online about tribute to city’s handling of outbreak after extended lockdown

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