Officials say that most of the recent cases detected in widespread testing are asymptomatic but still contagious.
Tag: Shanghai (China)
China Holds the Line on ‘Zero Covid,’ but Some Wonder for How Long
More people are being caught up in the country’s virus-control dragnet. Some think the no-tolerance policy is unsustainable.
Delta Says Flight to Shanghai Was Turned Round in Midair Because of Cleaning Rules
The carrier said that it ordered the plane back last week because of sanitation requirements that were “not operationally viable.”
In Shanghai, Teahouses Offer Both Community and Solitude
Historically, these spaces were akin to populist pubs. Modern-day iterations allow for an individual retreat — among strangers — in a city lacking privacy.
Furor in China Over Artwork Ranking Women by Their Looks
Critics called the piece, which shows thousands of unsuspecting college students, a misogynistic affront, eight years after it was on display in a different museum to little reaction.
Soho China Sells to Blackstone, Cementing Owners’ Exit
The husband-and-wife team atop Soho China had already been keeping a lower profile than they did during an earlier, freer era of the country’s economic revival. Now they are selling their real estate business to Blackstone.
China Adds More Parks to Its Cities to Raise Quality of Life
A national push to build urban parks is transforming Chinese cities, as the country tries to improve the quality of daily life.
Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Covid Reporting
Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, is the first known person to be tried for challenging the Chinese government’s narrative about the coronavirus pandemic.
Ant Group Set to Raise $34 Billion in World’s Biggest I.P.O.
The Alibaba online finance spinoff, which offers people in China a one-stop shop for loans, investments and more, will list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai.