'Tomorrow will be better': Shanghai inches towards COVID re-openingShanghai aims essentially to end its lockdown from Wednesday. More people have been allowed out of their homes and more businesses permitte...
28 May, 2022, 11.33 AM IST
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantineBeijing has been battling its worst outbreak since the pandemic started. The Omicron variant has infected over 1,300 since late April, lead...
21 May, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
Downtown Beijing goes quiet as zero-Covid policy smothers capitalBeijing residents fear they may soon find themselves in the grip of the same draconian measures that have trapped most of Shanghai's 25 mil...
09 May, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
As Beijing Covid outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests becoming routineMost of the 25 million people in the commercial hub of Shanghai, China's most populous city, had been confined to their housing compounds f...
08 May, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
Life in Shanghai quarantine: 24 hr lights, no hot showersOn Monday, the government reported 23,460 new cases on the Chinese mainland - only 2,742 of which had symptoms. Shanghai accounted for 95% ...
18 Apr, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of lockdownThe statement said two of the dead were women aged 89 and 91, while the third was a 91-year-old man.
18 Apr, 2022, 08.16 AM IST
Indian Consulate in Shanghai closes in-person services as COVID crisis worsens in ChinaIndian citizens in Eastern China Region may apply at the Embassy of India, Beijing for availing urgent consular services, the Consulate sai...
13 Apr, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
Shanghai residents scream from windows as China's COVID lockdown prevents them from leaving home for foodIn a clip posted online by a Twitter user that he said was taken by the father of his close friend who reported that "people (are) screamin...
12 Apr, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
Non-emergency US Consulate staff in Shanghai to leave city immediately due to surge in Covid-19 casesThe US government has ordered all its non-emergency consulate staff in Shanghai to leave the city through commercial flights as the daily c...
12 Apr, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Shanghai eases two-week shutdown, letting some residents outAbout 6.6 million people can go outdoors, but some must stay in their own neighborhoods, the online news outlet The Paper reported, citing ...
12 Apr, 2022, 05.30 PM IST
US warns of 'arbitrary' Covid measures in ChinaUntil March, China had kept cases low with snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions, but more than 100,000 cases have been repo...
09 Apr, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Dog-culling, fight over cheap veggies: Tired Shanghai residents post videos of China's hardline virus measuresMany residents have tired of the government's grandstanding and social media has opened a window into their fury at food shortages, strict ...
07 Apr, 2022, 06.44 PM IST
Shanghai Disneyland closes as Covid cases rise, Shenzhen business centre reopens after week-long closureAuthorities are enforcing a 'zero tolerance' strategy, suspending access to major cities.
21 Mar, 2022, 01.06 PM IST
China stocks fall after lacklustre inflation data, but up for the weekChina's factory-gate inflation slowed for a seventh straight month in January.
15 Feb, 2019, 01.46 PM IST
China stocks rise on hopes for trade talksAt the close, the Shanghai Composite index was 1.4 percent higher at 2,668.17.
15 Nov, 2018, 01.25 PM IST
50 Indian companies likely to take part in Shanghai food showAs many as 50 Indian companies are expected to participate in SIAL China, the largest food show in Asia, to be held in Shanghai from May 5-...
19 Jan, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
- China, US agree on free farm trade
The United States and China agree on the need to resist protectionist farm tariffs even in the face of the world economic crisis, the US ag...
06 Dec, 2008, 05.26 PM IST