Linda Lew
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Chinese Cars Rise in Russia After Fury Drove Western Brands Out
Chinese car manufacturers are filling the void global automakers left by pulling out of Russia. So far, they’ve managed to avoid the backlash aimed at Western companies that tried to stay. → Read More
Single-Letter License Plate Sells for $3.2 Million in Hong Kong
A personalized license plate sold for HK$25.5 million ($3.2 million) at an auction in Hong Kong on Sunday, the second-highest bid on record for a city where eye-catching and sometimes bewildering car plates are a common sight. → Read More
HK Mulls Law Change to Bar UK Lawyer From Jimmy Lai Trial: SCMP
Hong Kong is looking to pass a legislative amendment to prevent British lawyer Timothy Owen from defending media tycoon Jimmy Lai in a national security law trial in September, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unidentified person in government. → Read More
Tempers flare as Chinese lockdown fails to contain Covid-19
Clashes with officials as national rate of infections rises to its highest in more than six months → Read More
Xi Defends Covid Zero Without Showing China Path Out of Pandemic
Chinese President Xi Jinping again defended his signature Covid Zero policy, while avoiding setting a timeline on when the strategy that’s become a source of growing frustration for the public will be changed. “We have put people first and put lives first, and upheld ‘dynamic Covid Zero’ without wavering,” he said Sunday in a speech at the opening of the ruling Communist Party’s twice-a-decade… → Read More
Goldman on China’s zero-Covid policy
Bank’s economists play down expectations of any major policy shifts in Bejing → Read More
Chengdu Extends Lockdown in Most Areas to Curb Covid Spread
The Chinese megacity of Chengdu has extended a lockdown in most of its downtown areas while allowing restrictions to ease in some suburban regions as it seeks to eradicate Covid-19. → Read More
China Covid News: Cases Hit Three Month High Due to Hainan Outbreak
China’s Covid cases surged to a three-month high, driven by a worsening outbreak in the tropical Hainan province that has become the country’s biggest since Shanghai was shut down in the spring. → Read More
Shanghai Ikea store locked down in Covid panic
Health authorities imposed ‘temporary control measures’ at the store, after they found out a close contact of a six-year-old boy with an asymptomatic infection had visited → Read More
Hong Kong Reports 5,308 New Covid Cases, Highest in Four Months
Hong Kong reported 5,308 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily number in more than four months. → Read More
China censors health information unicorn
Tencent-backed DXY forbidden to post on Weibo after it questioned efficacy of traditional medicine treatment for Covid promoted by state → Read More
China Locks Down Part of Tibet’s Capital in Covid Zero Push
After living most of the pandemic virtually virus-free, the mountainous region of Tibet reported an outbreak that rapidly grew from four to 22 cases on Monday → Read More
Hong Kong cuts hotel quarantine to three days
The move is aimed at reducing the impact from quarantine on the financial hub’s economic activities and connection with the world → Read More
Hong Kong ends ban on flights carrying Covid-infected passengers
The government, under new CEO John Lee, says it will stop transmission of the virus ‘in a more precise manner’ → Read More
Hong Kong Health Officials Warn City’s Outbreak Is Worsening
The number of Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong’s hospitals doubled in recent weeks, leading health care officials to say they are concerned the epidemic situation is worsening. → Read More
Hong Kong Health Officials Warn City’s Outbreak Is Worsening
The number of Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong’s hospitals doubled in recent weeks, leading health care officials to say they are concerned the epidemic situation is worsening. → Read More
Chinese social media users speculate US is source of monkeypox
The viral infection has been highlighted as a trending topic on popular social media platform Weibo for the past three days → Read More
Hong Kong’s new leader John Lee vows closer ties with China
Former security chief’s rubber-stamp election seen as a move by Beijing to tighten grip on Hong Kong → Read More
Hong Kong speeds up reopening as infections fall
City leader announces earlier-than-expected easing of Covid curbs → Read More
Hong Kong to relook at Covid-19 policies as frustration grows
Despite Lam giving the strongest indication yet that changes may be coming, they would still have to be acceptable in the eyes of Beijing → Read More