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Shanghai is facing an exodus of talent amid COVID outbreak
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Shanghai [China], May 22 (ANI): China's Shanghai is facing an exodus of talent and labour as thousands of people leave the city which has been in total lockdown since April 1, according to media reports.
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China's draconian lockdown measures mobilising popular discontent
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China's draconian lockdown measures, including the strictly implemented zero-COVID strategy, are increasingly mobilising people against the government, with experts suggesting that the recent excesses might lead to a more permanent alienation of the masses.
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China's uncertain wheat harvest engenders fear for global economy
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): Deluges and strict lockdowns in China have disrupted farming in a way that country's winter wheat harvest next month remains one of the big uncertainties in a global economy that is already struggling with high commodity prices.
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Chinese entrepreneur loses social media accounts for speaking against coun
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], May 3 (ANI): Social media accounts of Chinese national, Hong Hao, who spoke against the country's slow economy and the effects of government policy on the technology industry, have been banned.
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Chinese premier admits challenges in providing jobs to youth amid COVID ou
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], April 30 (ANI): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang admitted that the country faces many challenges in job creation due to recent virus outbreaks and added that the total number of new job seekers this year would hit 16.6 million, including a record 10.6 million university graduates.
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European MNC helps China with supply of key transportation components desp
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], April 29 (ANI): A European multinational company Voith Turbo has helped China with the supply of key components for the country's railway transportation firms and commercial vehicle manufacturers despite stern COVID policies and the sudden lockdowns in China.
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COVID-19 deaths rise in Shanghai as city enforces strict rules
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 23 (ANI): The COVID-19 death toll continues to rise in China's economic hub of Shanghai even as strict lockdown measures wreak havoc in the daily lives of ordinary people.
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China attempts to restart economic activity by exempting companies from lo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], April 21 (ANI): The Chinese authorities have initiated steps, in order to restore the supply chains and restart economic activity by exempting companies from strict lockdown restrictions, local media reported.
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Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak to delay launch of China's 3rd aircraft carrier
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Shanghai [China], April 17 (ANI): With the severe lockdown measures in place in China's economic hub of Shanghai, the defence industry of the country might face a setback with a delay in the launch of China's third aircraft carrier, media reports said.
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China's strict Zero-COVID policy causes chaos
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 11 (ANI): The other shoe has dropped for China, as it battles COVID-19 outbreaks in various locations, including Shanghai. In the past, Chinese netizens spent considerable energy mocking foreign countries as the pandemic swept unchecked, but now China's government is stru
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China's GDP may decrease if country continues to impose COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 16 (ANI): China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth could decrease by 1-2 per cent if Beijing, in order to fight the COVID-19 outbreak which is highest in the last two years, continues to impose lockdown in large portions of the country.
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China returns to mass shutdowns as COVID-19 cases surge
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 13 (ANI): China has once again resorted to mass shutdowns of its cities, including schools and markets as the country experiences the most significant surge in COVID-19 cases since the early days of the pandemic, media reports said on Saturday.
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