Residents chat through gaps in barriers at a closed residential area during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, May 27, 2022. REUTERS / Aly Song Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Electricity consumption in Shanghai at 83% 2021 levels Some Shanghai parks, bus routes reopening Profits at China’s … Read more
Shanghai set to lift COVID-19 lockdown on June 1 Government officials express concern about broader economy Analysts expect more aggressive economic support soon BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) – Pandemic-hit Shanghai, China’s financial hub, unveiled more post-lockdown plans on Thursday as it moves towards a return to normalcy, but a country-wide economic recovery is still a … Read more
SHANGHAI / BEIJING, May 16 (Reuters) – Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the return of more normal life from June 1 and the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks and contributed to a sharp slowdown in China’s economic activity. In the clearest timetable yet, Deputy Mayor … Read more
Shanghai malls, shops to gradually resume in-store operations Some Beijing districts extend work-from-home guidance Shanghai lockdown frustrates, infuriates residents Curbs have rattled global supply chains SHANGHAI / BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) – Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair salons in China’s financial and manufacturing hub from Monday after weeks … Read more
BEIRUT, May 15 (Reuters) – Lebanese vote on Sunday in the first election since their country’s economic collapse, a test of whether Iran -backed Hezbollah and its allies can preserve their parliamentary majority amid soaring poverty and anger at ruling parties. Following months of uncertainty over whether the election would go ahead, polls will open … Read more