Tag: Chinas
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Wet markets in China’s Wuhan struggle to survive COVID-19 blow
News Business Article
WUHAN, Hubei: Fish and vegetable merchants are reopening stalls at wet markets in China’s central city of Wuhan as it lifts a months-long lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic, but their future looks uncertain with few customers as the virus stigma persists. The virus, which has infected 1.6 million people and killed 106,000 in 214 countries,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Rising unemployment from COVID-19 fight threatens China’s poverty targets
News Business Article
BEIJING: Although China is claiming success in its battle against the coronavirus, millions have lost their jobs in the economic fallout, throwing into jeopardy an ambitious target to eradicate poverty this year. Beijing has been working to fire up the economy again after bringing it to a near standstill to curb the spread of COVID-19,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
China’s Wuhan to keep testing residents as coronavirus lockdown eases
News Business Article
WUHAN: China’s Wuhan city, where the global COVID-19 pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wary of a rebound in cases even as it sets its sights on normalising the economy. Concerns remain over an influx of infected patients from overseas as well as China’s ability
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
Residents of China’s Hubei, freed from lockdown, face suspicion
News Business Article
BEIJING: Driving to a factory in China’s southeastern province of Fujian to meet a friend, Ye Jing was stopped by a security guard soon after returning from two months of lockdown in Hubei, the province hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. “His whole manner and actions changed,” the shoe factory manager said, after the guard
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
China’s Shenzhen bans the eating of cats and dogs after COVID-19 outbreak
News Business Article
SHENZHEN: The Chinese city of Shenzhen has banned the eating of dogs and cats as part of a wider clampdown on the wildlife trade since the emergence of the novel coronavirus. Scientists suspect the coronavirus passed to humans from animals. Some of the earliest infections were found in people who had exposure to a wildlife market
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Trump casts doubt on China’s coronavirus figures
News Business Article
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump cast doubt Wednesday (Apr 1) on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up. “How do we know” if they are accurate, Trump asked at a press conference. “Their numbers seem to be a little bit on the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Shoppers shout over walls in China’s Wuhan as COVID-19 lockdown lifts
News Business Article
WUHAN: Lockdowns are slowly being lifted in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, but not fast enough for some residents, eager to get back to shopping for their own fresh groceries after weeks of living on delivered supplies. Neighbourhoods in the city are still shut off by two-metre-tall plastic walls, set
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Global coronavirus deaths mount as US surpasses China’s official toll
News Business Article
MADRID: More than 40,000 people have been killed in the coronavirus pandemic as the disease barrels across the globe, with the US bracing for its darkest hours after its death toll surpassed China’s on Tuesday (Mar 31). In a matter of months, the virus has infected more than 800,000 people in a crisis redrawing political powers,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Despair and pride in China’s Wuhan as COVID-19 lockdown eases
News Business Article
WUHAN, Hubei: Residents of China’s Wuhan city, ground zero for the coronavirus pandemic, have mixed emotions as containment measures are lifted and the community infection rate slows to a trickle, with some praising the government and others rueing the economic costs. The strictest curbs on movement and business were in the Hubei provincial capital of
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
China’s March official factory activity unexpectedly expands after steep contraction
News Business Article
Business Factory activity in China unexpectedly expanded in March after contracting sharply to a record low, but the rapid global spread of the coronavirus is expected to keep businesses and the overall economy under heavy pressure as foreign demand slumps. FILE PHOTO:A worker walks past a steel factory in Beijing April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 29, 2020
China’s COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan pivots to stem imported cases
News Business Article
WUHAN: The ground-zero city of Wuhan is cautiously reopening after a two-month quarantine, but the birthplace of the global coronavirus pandemic is now on guard against a potential new threat: Imported cases. Travel restrictions have been loosened, with Wuhan’s busy train station officially resuming inbound services on Saturday (Mar 28) and highways reopened as the unprecedented
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
China’s COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan eases travel restrictions after lockdown
News Business Article
WUHAN: The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the global coronavirus pandemic partly reopened Saturday, after more than two months of almost total isolation. Wuhan was placed under lockdown in January with residents forbidden to leave, roadblocks installed and millions subjected to dramatic restrictions on their daily life. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
China’s Xi, speaking with Trump, calls on US to improve relations
News Business Article
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday (Mar 27) that he hopes the United States will take substantive action to improve bilateral ties, China’s foreign ministry said. Xi also told Trump that cooperation between their countries was the only correct choice and China was willing to support
Categories
Archives
Recent Posts
- 4 Documents Foreign Borrowers Should Prepare Before Applying for a Loan
- Revolutionizing News: How AI is Reshaping the Business of Journalism
- 10 Marketing Trends That Will Dominate 2024: What You Need to Know Now
- Future-Proofing Your Business: Top Trends Shaping Industry Evolution
- Future-Proof Your Business: How Management Accounting Drives Strategic Success
Commentary: China’s COVID-19 push for global influence
CANBERRA: The coronavirus pandemic is a “black swan” moment. It is a rare and unpredictable event that could have momentous, system-wide, and unforeseen consequences. China deserves credit for having mobilised quickly, efficiently, and effectively after initial missteps to defeat the COVID-19 disease. Domestically, the early cover-ups and punishment of whistle-blowers have been displaced by the