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Shanghai is under COVID-19 restrictions after omicron surge

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 14, 2022
China's financial capital is not under a full lockdown, but strict anti-COVID measures still weigh on residents.
Some large foreign businesses, seeing COVID restrictions and slowing growth in China, are considering other countries like India for their future manufacturing plans.
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Could China scoop up Russian goods at bargain-basement prices because of sanctions?

by Jennifer Pak
Mar 8, 2022
If fewer countries want Russian goods, supply goes up and China could, in theory, get cheaper prices. It is a whole other thing in practice.
Workers sort packages at a JD.com warehouse in Beijing in November. Items have been flying off the virtual shelves of a Russian store on the Chinese e-commerce site.
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Could China's payments system be a SWIFT workaround for Russia?

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Mar 1, 2022
China's system is known as the Cross-Border Interbank Payments System, or CIPS for short.
China's CIPS interbank payments system is seen as a possible avenue for Russia after it was cut off from the more widely used SWIFT system.
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What has the U.S.-China trade war achieved?

by Jennifer Pak
Feb 25, 2022
The U.S. and China have been engaged in a trade war for nearly four years. What's the scorecard?
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Economists say Trump’s China trade policy is harming U.S. Why is it so hard for Biden to change course?

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Feb 22, 2022
“It’s hard to do anything that doesn't end up hurting us more than it hurts them," says New York Times columnist Paul Krugman.
“It’s hard to do anything that doesn't end up hurting us more than it hurts them," says The New York Times' Paul Krugman.
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Living in a bubble: China’s zero-COVID policy

by Jennifer Pak
Feb 7, 2022
The Beijing Olympics are said to be the biggest closed-loop bubble experiment ever. China has had practice with its zero-COVID policy.
Health workers wear protective suits at a Beijing coronavirus testing center on Jan. 25. China has had a strict no-COVID policy throughout the pandemic.
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Corporate sponsors quiet as Beijing Olympics get underway

by Samantha Fields
Feb 7, 2022
U.S. officials are boycotting the Games over accusations of human rights abuses in China, and companies have been pressured to pull out or speak up.
Fireworks form the Olympic rings over Beijing's National Stadium on Friday. Human rights advocates have pressured advertisers to cancel sponsorships because of accusations of abuses.
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China could soon surpass U.S. in crucial emerging technologies, report warns

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Rose Conlon
Dec 14, 2021
"This has big implications," says Harvard's Graham Allison, one of the report's authors.
"This has big implications," says Harvard's Graham Allison, one of the report's authors.
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China's state-sponsored industrial espionage is part of a larger system

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 9, 2021
Experts estimate that intellectual property theft is costly for countries — and that China is frequently the main culprit.
For years, U.S. prosecutors have accused Chinese companies, including solar companies, of stealing trade secrets. Above, a worker walks near solar modules in China's northwest Gansu Province.
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How omicron may affect China's ports, a key to the global supply chain

by Amanda Peacher
Dec 2, 2021
China's no-tolerance COVID-19 protocols may keep the variant at bay but may slow down shipping again.
If the omicron variant were to cause port shutdowns, they would likely coincide with Lunar New Year closures. Above, workers at a container port in Wuhan, China.
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