Tag: Lockdown
Anti-Spyware Feature from Apple: Lockdown
Apple has announced a new security feature for iOS and iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura. This feature, called Lockdown, will try to protect devices against spyware. To be frank, this…
Scholz does not expect a new lockdown in winter
The associations of statutory health insurance physicians are on a confrontational course with the Federal Ministry of Health because of the new regulations for corona citizen tests. In a letter…
At the shopping event, consumers hold back
Discounts leave China’s consumers cold Advertisement for the 618 shopping festival in front of a shopping mall in Beijing. (Photo: Reuters) Beijing The sales of China’s major online retailers during…
Corona worries are causing business start-ups in China to collapse
Beijing Due to the corona lockdowns and stricter regulation, start-ups and start-up financing in China collapsed in the first five months. Almost 30 percent fewer companies were registered in the…
Corona cases in Bar trigger mass testing and lockdowns
Tests in Beijing Thousands are being tested in Beijing as a result of the country’s zero-Covid strategy. (Photo: dpa) Beijing In Beijing, millions of people have to be tested for…
Shanghai orders mass testing of 15 million people
Corona tests in Shanghai The trigger for the new mass tests are eleven new confirmed corona cases. (Photo: Reuters) Beijing The authorities in the financial and economic metropolis of Shanghai…
China’s service providers are suffering from strict corona measures
Corona measures in China The strict lockdown in Shanghai has been lifted. In May it still weighed heavily on the Chinese economy. (Photo: Reuters) Beijing The Chinese economy did not…
Why companies are skeptical after the end of the lockdown
Beijing Chinese state propaganda is in full swing this week following the easing of more than two months of draconian lockdowns on Shanghai. In a front-page report on Thursday, the…
“We ran away like refugees”
Beijing Ms. Liu was lucky. Actually, the 44-year-old Chinese didn’t want to fly back from Shanghai to her adopted home of New York until the end of March. But friends…
Lockdowns also weighed on China’s economy in May – but the mood in companies is brightening
This is shown by the Purchasing Managers’ Indices (PMI) for the manufacturing and services sectors, which were released on Tuesday. These are the first economic indicators for the month of…
Coronavirus: China and the Zero Covid Policy
Beijing First, the authorities use loudspeaker announcements and lawn sprinklers to scare Beijing residents away from the green spaces along the Liangma River in the heart of the city. When…
London rushes to the aid of the suffering British
Rishi Sunak In view of the rising cost of living, the British government wants to impose a special tax on energy companies and relieve consumers. (Photo: Reuters) London In the…
Lockdown, inflation and downturn: global economy is at risk
Container ship reaches Bremerhaven Goods are shipped worldwide. But supply chain problems, lockdowns and inflation are shaking the global economy. (Photo: dpa) Beijing, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Brussels The bad news for…
Hungary and Turkey are helping Putin
Not a single fly should escape from the besieged Azov steel works in the Ukrainian Mariupol, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his military in one of those who-are-who press shows.…
Covid restrictions hit China’s economy even harder than expected
Coronavirus The Chinese government is currently fighting an outbreak of the omicron variant. (Photo: dpa) Beijing China’s economy is suffering even more than feared from the draconian restrictions imposed by…
The China Crash – Morning Briefing Plus
When it came to China, the story was told for a long time about a tightly organized country that planned its rise with great foresight and like a military commander.…
Shanghai wants to achieve “zero Covid” outside of the sealed off quarters in a timely manner
Covid tests in Shanghai The metropolis has prepared a test system for the end of the week-long strict lockdown. (Photo: Bloomberg) Frankfurt The Chinese economic metropolis Shanghai wants to achieve…
Dax continues to grow – signs of relaxation on the bond market and the China lockdown
Dax curve The leading German index is in a downward trend this year. (Photo: Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images [M]) Dusseldorf The German stock market continues to rise. The Dax rose in…
China’s economic model in crisis – Morning Briefing Plus
Europe is revolving around itself. And that is only understandable given the major risks: the war in Ukraine, dependence on Russian energy supplies and record inflation. “Something is changing very…
Police are now investigating Labor leader Keir Starmer
Labor leader Keir Starmer The British opposition leader is said to have broken lockdown rules. (Photo: Reuters) durham After “Partygate” comes “Beergate”: Because of a social gathering during lockdown times,…