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  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    China’s Covid tsar says fight against virus entering ‘new stage’

    Sun Chunlan’s comments buoy hopes of Beijing softening pandemic restrictions

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
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    The business-friendly leader was regarded as less dictatorial than his predecessors

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
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    Lockdowns triggered demonstrations but economic anxiety threatens to drive further unrest

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
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    China blames local officials for outbreaks as Beijing sticks to zero-Covid plan

    Health authorities vow to boost vaccination of elderly after widespread protests against restrictions

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
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    Xi faces stiffest challenge to rule as Covid outrage sparks mass protests

    Demonstrations in China stamped out by Monday but analysts warn of reprisals if dissent flares up again

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  • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
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    Spontaneous demonstration underscores growing discontent with China’s strict zero-Covid policies

  • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
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    China rocked by protests as zero-Covid anger spreads

    Tensions run into second day after vigil ends with clashes with police in Shanghai

  • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
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    Social media posts allege fire services’ response was hampered by coronavirus restrictions

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
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    Beijing’s new ‘game-changer’ support for real estate sector throws a lifeline to country’s biggest developer

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
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    Chinese lenders to pump $162bn of credit into property developers

    Injection is most direct move yet by Beijing to counter a real estate crisis

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
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    Rising cases in Guangzhou indicate a widening gap between official guidance and reality

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
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    China’s state banks seek to boost property sector with $30bn in credit lines

    Vanke and Midea first to benefit from government support package

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
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    ‘We’re not ready’: threat of Covid exit wave stymies China’s reopening

    Beijing has failed to prepare for an inevitable mass outbreak by focusing on containment, experts say

  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    China intervention offers glimmer of hope to property sector

    Government’s support package provides optimism that housing sales will rebound

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    Foreign companies adopt ‘China for China’ strategy

    Beijing’s coronavirus restrictions may have hit business optimism, but some groups are investing more

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
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  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
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    Few foreigners at Shanghai expo as lockdowns and quarantines restrict market access

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
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    China factory gate prices contract for first time since 2020

    Inflation remains subdued as Covid lockdowns stifle demand in world’s second-biggest economy

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
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    Chinese exports fall for first time since 2020

    Drop in trade highlights economy’s exposure to global slowdown and effects of zero-Covid policy

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
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  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
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    Meanwhile in Zhengzhou, Foxconn offers workers bonuses to stay and assemble iPhones

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
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    Shanghai business optimism hits record low as Covid controls linger

    US chamber of commerce in China’s financial capital says companies are pulling back on investment

  • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China’s growth stutters as exports fail to rescue economy

    Analysts pin hopes on post-Covid reopening and retail sales recovery

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