Tag: Shanghai
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China: Shanghai hit by a surge in coronavirus cases
Case numbers have been growing since last week in Shanghai, where staff shortages are causing delays in delivery services.
December 23, 2022 -
Clashes in Shanghai as protests over China’s zero-Covid policy continue
Protests triggered by a deadly apartment fire in the far west of the country last week took place on Sunday.
November 28, 2022 -
Protesters chant ‘Step down CCP’ in Shanghai against China’s zero-Covid policy
The protests erupted after 10 people died and nine others were injured in an apartment fire in Urumqi.
November 27, 2022 -
Shanghai shuts down schools, gyms, bars as Covid-19 returns to China’s finance centre
Several schools dotted throughout the city have suspended in-person classes as the fear of infection spread grows, according to parents and social media posts.
October 13, 2022 -
Shanghai resumes dine-in services at restaurants as COVID-19 wanes
Shanghai reported no local COVID-19 infections on Monday and Tuesday, the municipal health commission said.
June 29, 2022 -
Deaths in Shanghai spark concern over vaccination rate among elderly
The new deaths took the city's toll to 10 during this outbreak, with more than 300,000 infections since March.
April 21, 2022 -
More Covid cases reported in China’s Shanghai
Apart from Shanghai, 14 other provincial-level regions on the mainland saw new local cases of the virus, including 195 in the northeastern province of Jilin.
April 16, 2022 -
Shanghaied
Reeling under a massive Covid-19 outbreak of the BA.2 variant, what is happening in the city of 26 million people which accounts for 3-5 per cent of China’s GDP according to some estimates, is an illustration of the overreach of an absolutist state.
April 14, 2022 -
Some residents under lockdown in Shanghai running out of food
Residents are confined to their homes, banned from leaving for even essential reasons such as grocery shopping. Nearly 20,000 cases were reported on Thursday in China's biggest city, another near-record high.
April 7, 2022 -
Shanghai to screen 16mn people in 2nd phase of lockdown
In affected areas, residents will be required to stay indoors, while non-contact delivery of necessities will be allowed.
March 31, 2022 -
Shanghai screens over 8mn people in new round of Covid tests
Around 17,000 testing personnel from Shanghai and the surrounding provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang had set up 6,300 test sites in these areas, Wu said.
March 29, 2022 -
Shanghai’s tourism sector rakes in billions during Spring Festival
During the seven-day national holiday from January 31, Shanghai held approximately 500 cultural and tourism activities focused on intangible cultural heritages, said the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, reports Xinhua news agency.
February 7, 2022 -
Shanghai saw record-high growth in foreign trade last yr
According to data released by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, the city's export volume totalled 5.74 trillion yuan last year, up 15.2 per cent on a yearly basis, reports Xinhua news agency.
January 31, 2022 -
Spicejet ferries medical equipment from Shanghai
A couple of days ago, minister of Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri has announced that it is planned that Air India, Spicejet and Bluedart will airlift another 220 tonnes of critical medical cargo in the next three days.
April 27, 2020 -
17 children injured after plane makes emergency landing on school playground near Los Angeles
The fire department said it had confirmed that jet fuel was the substance dropped on the school's playground while students were at recess and that 70 firefighters were on the scene treating the injured.
January 15, 2020 -
US diplomat gets 40 months in jail over Chinese agent ties
Claiborne will also be fined $40,000.
July 10, 2019 -
Chinese man gets death for killing wife, hiding body in freezer for over 100 days
Zhu surrendered before police accompanied by his parents on February 1 after realising he could no longer hide the truth as the couple was asked to attend the father-in-law's birthday dinner that evening, the report said.
July 5, 2019