Tag: Lockdown
China’s corona policy is weighing on the economy
Container port in Shanghai Concerns about a slump in the Chinese economy are growing. (Photo: dpa) Beijing The ongoing corona lockdowns in China are causing local business in European companies…
China’s corona lockdowns are damaging the economy more than expected
control Entire cities are sealed off during corona outbreaks. (Photo: IMAGO/Kyodo News) Beijing The Chinese economy is suffering more than feared from the ongoing lockdowns in metropolises like Shanghai. This…
Slump in growth and lockdown frustration: Party leader Xi under pressure
Xi Jinping China’s head of state and party leader wants to secure another term in office in the fall. (Photo: Reuters, Getty, AP, Imago) Beijing A sports stadium in Beijing’s…
How Shanghai is taking care of itself in lockdown
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Beijing The lockdown-plagued Shanghainese are impressively demonstrating what “necessity is…
How Shanghai is taking care of itself in lockdown
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Beijing The lockdown-plagued Shanghainese are impressively demonstrating what “necessity is…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly recap
On Sunday the time has come: then the incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and the right-wing populist Marine Le Pen will face each other in the decisive runoff election in France.…
From lockdown to lockdown – How zero-Covid is wearing down China
quarantine hospital Anyone who tests positive is usually admitted to temporary quarantine clinics. It’s cramped here and there’s no privacy at all. (Photo: dpa) Beijing Thomas Berger* became an internet…
Tesla presents record figures – the Shanghai lockdown is a burden
new York He can’t help himself: Tesla boss Elon Musk had actually announced last July that he wanted to stay away from the presentation of the quarterly figures and the…
China as a business location is losing its shine for foreign companies
China has long been considered an Eldorado for foreign companies. High growth rates, an innovative environment to learn from. Constantly improving living conditions for the posted employees. And above all:…
Boris Johnson threatens investigation into parliamentary committee
prime minister Boris Johnson continues to come under pressure in the Partygate affair. (Photo: Reuters) London For the British Prime Minister, the affair over banned lockdown parties in Downing Street,…
China’s corona policy is becoming a risk for the global economy
Beijing China’s steadfast adherence to its strict zero-Covid strategy is increasingly jeopardizing global growth. The risk is “perhaps even greater than the war in Ukraine,” warns Alicia Garcia Herrero, chief…
Xi defends tough Corona course: “Perseverance brings victory”
Xi Jinping attends The current global pandemic is still very serious, so prevention and control work should not be relaxed, said the head of state. (Photo: AP) Beijing Despite the…
In the lockdown of millions, the salad comes by drone
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) China is a country of internet users. More than a…
Lockdown exacerbates criticism of zero-Covid strategy
Beijing The scenes are reminiscent of the beginnings of the corona pandemic in China. The chaotic conditions in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the virus broke out two years…
Worry about lockdown in the fall
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (left) and Chancellor Olaf Scholz (both SPD) The minister expresses his concern about possible developments in the autumn. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With the failure of…
European companies complain about the effects of China’s lockdowns
Beijing It is rare that foreign business representatives in China criticize the government as unanimously and clearly as they did this Wednesday. The European Chamber of Commerce had invited to…
Shanghai extends lockdown indefinitely
Beijing The Chinese financial and economic metropolis of Shanghai is extending the extensive corona lockdown for its 25 million inhabitants indefinitely. Originally, the city center lockdown should have ended on…
Shanghai extends lockdown indefinitely – criticism of the elimination of the obligation to isolate infected people
The Chinese port metropolis Shanghai has the wide-ranging corona lockdown for its 26 million inhabitants extended indefinitely. Referring to the high number of infections, the city government announced that the…
Shanghai extends corona lockdown indefinitely – nationwide incidence drops to 1394
The Chinese port metropolis Shanghai has the wide-ranging corona lockdown for its 26 million inhabitants extended indefinitely. Referring to the high number of infections, the city government announced that the…
New corona lockdown for millions begins in western Shanghai – 252,530 new infections registered in Germany
Berlin’s Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) currently sees no way of declaring Berlin a so-called hotspot in the ongoing corona pandemic. A corresponding decision by the House of Representatives would…