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Editor’s Note for Wednesday, June 29, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Is it possible to be optimistic about rule of law in China — Q&A with Neysun Mahboubi
The lockdown in Shanghai prompted questions about the legality of some of the coercive measures taken by the Chinese government in the efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. Neysun Mahboubi, a leading scholar of Chinese law and governance, told me about the Chinese legal community’s reactions, and much more.
The psychological weight of lockdown
Dr. George Hu, a clinical psychologist based in Shanghai, discusses the state of mental health in Chinese cities under lockdown.
After Shanghai lockdowns, U.S. hospitals don’t have enough of a dye used for cancer and stroke scans
China’s COVID-choked supply chains are hitting U.S. hospitals. The latest product that can’t be shipped is a dye used daily in scans for cancer, strokes, and heart conditions.
Shanghai promises steps to end COVID lockdown, but locals are not convinced
Shanghai authorities have outlined a three-stage roadmap to reopening, but few people believe that they would be able to leave their apartments soon.
China withdraws as host of soccer’s 2023 Asian Cup
Meanwhile: South Korea came from behind against favorites China to claim an exciting victory in the final of the Uber Cup, badminton’s premier women’s team tournament.
Exactly how pessimistic are you about the Chinese economy? — Q&A with Anne Stevenson-Yang
Veteran China entrepreneur and financial analyst Anne Stevenson-Yang was in China for the roaring 1990s and 2000s. Things have gotten less fun since then, and she told us all about it.
China restricts overseas travel, ostensibly to keep COVID at bay
China’s top immigration authority has announced stricter curbs on “non-essential” international travel by citizens.
COVID causes blanket postponement of top-tier sporting events in China
Meanwhile: Mercedes F1 boss wants three Chinese races in the future.
How scared are people in Beijing of a COVID lockdown? — Q&A with Anthony Tao
A chat with Anthony Tao, SupChina’s managing editor, who lives in Beijing, where some of his fellow residents are stockpiling food in fear of strict Shanghai-style lockdowns that could come to the city if COVID rates continue to rise.
Chinese supermarkets, airlines, and hotels are COVID victims, but ecommerce companies are raking it in
Supermarkets, airlines, hotels, movie theaters, and other businesses dependent on physical human traffic are suffering under China’s COVID-19 lockdowns, but ecommerce companies are raking it in.
Supply chains are snarled up but transportation and freight companies are making bank
As COVID rages on in China and global supply chains remain jammed up, Chinese logistics companies are doing better than ever: 2021 was a banner year for companies that move goods around China and the world.
抗原拭子存不规范生产乱象 上海宁波展开调查
COVID-testing profits are still soaring: Antigen test kits and masks are being investigated in Shanghai after hair was found in a swab, but COVID-testing companies continued to rake in huge profits in the first quarter.
Beijing halts weddings and funerals and closes schools in Covid fightback
Lockdown crackdown: Authorities will crack down on price gouging as food shortages continue in Shanghai as well as a run on the supermarkets in Beijing.
China's Beijing finds positive samples in COVID testing this week
Beijing detected just over two handfuls of positive COVID-19 cases in the first round of mass testing conducted this week. In 19.80 million out of the 19.81 million samples taken, 12 tubes tested positive.
Authorities also recorded 46 new locally transmitted cases within 23 hours as of Wednesday. “I’m not worried that Beijing would suffer from a shortage of supplies, so I don’t plan to stock up,” said Zhang Yifan, a resident from Dongcheng District. Shanghai announced its lowest total for new cases in weeks: 12,309. Yiwu, a wholesale trade hub in eastern China, started pandemic curbs on Wednesday. The city exports everything from Christmas decorations to U.S. presidential campaign merchandise, adding more strain to supply chains.
How China’s Response to COVID-19 Set the Stage for a Worldwide Wave of Censorship
China’s COVID censors are setting “a playbook for information repression” where authoritarian governments in 80 nations have now placed new curbs on free speech and political expression that were “falsely described as public-health measures,” the New Yorker reports.
Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands COVID-19 mass testing
Beijing tested nearly 3.8 million people for COVID-19 in an initial round in Chaoyang District on Monday, with all the results negative except for one. The Chinese capital is mass-testing much more quickly than in Shanghai, where officials started testing on a similar scale only after infections had been recorded for weeks and more than 1,000 cases had emerged.
“It’s cheaper to act earlier than to act later,” said Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, the chief of the COVID-19 task force at the World Health Network. In Shanghai, many people are considering exiting the city. On April 15 alone, WeChat users looked up the word immigration 70 million times on the platform, while Shanghai’s big bankers are planning to move away out of frustration over the city’s COVID curbs. Baotou, which is home to about 2.7 million people and one of China’s major mines of rare earths, will lock down for a week after two cases were reported.
Editor’s Note for Monday, April 25, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
COVID-19 lockdown in the capital: Some Beijingers panic-buy as others remain phlegmatic
Life is not quite normal in China’s capital as fears of a lockdown rise alongside infection rates, but many people don’t fear the worst.
Parts of Beijing go into COVID-19 lockdown, as Shanghai fences residents in and Hong Kong eases restrictions slightly
Pandemic restrictions are affecting all of China’s major metropolises: This is a roundup of the latest lockdown news.
Rumors swirl about Asian Games postponement
All eyes will be on the World University Games in Chengdu at the end of June to see how the event will handle any potential outbreaks.
Cooked in Shanghai — Editor’s Note for Friday, April 22, 2022
A note for SupChina newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
‘The mandate of heaven, ain’t falling yet, but there’s a lot of shit on people’s shoes’ — Q&A with Howard Snyder
Howard Snyder has decades of experience in risk and crisis management in Asia for companies like Coca Cola at events like the Shanghai Expo and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. We talked to him about Shanghai under lockdown and what it means for China’s future.
‘Making pots of cash’ — phrase of the week
Making products to test and treat COVID-19 has made a fortune for some Chinese companies.
Shanghai keeps COVID restrictions
Today in pandemic news from China: Shanghai will keep restrictions in place, moldy food, and more.
Six of Hong Kong’s biggest banks to reopen all branches as Covid-19 eases
Hong Kong’s biggest banks to reopen all branches: Branch operations are to be fully restored next week as the city prepares to relax some of its social-distancing rules.
iPhone maker Pegatron halts Shanghai production due to Covid lockdown
iPhone factories closed: Taiwanese iPhone maker Pegatron halted operations because of pandemic restrictions at two subsidiaries in Shanghai and Kunshan, raising global supply chain fears.
U.S. Orders Departure of Consulate Staff and Family From Shanghai Amid Covid-19 Surge
The U.S. State Department has ordered the departure of some consulate staff and their families from Shanghai because of the COVID-19 surge and associated lockdowns.
Battery Giant CATL Adopts Measures to Avoid Covid Shutdown
CATL, the world’s biggest manufacturer of EV batteries, has implemented a so-called closed loop for workers at its main factory in China in a bid to avoid a COVID-19 shutdown.
Beijing city authorities tighten Covid controls in effort to stop Omicron surge reaching Chinese capital
New COVID-19 measures in Beijing: Municipal authorities have introduced the strictest measures since early 2020, including curbs on travel from certain parts of China and wider quarantine regulations.
Shanghai Doctor Speaks Out Against China’s Covid Policy, Strikes a Nerve With Weary Public
Two recorded phone calls made by Dr. Zhū Wèipíng 朱谓萍, an epidemiologist working for Shanghai’s Pudong District, went viral over their blunt criticism of the city’s COVID-19 policies.
China Lockdown: Shanghai Sacks Airport, Hospital Officials for Covid Failures
Authorities have sacked an airport executive and a hospital dean for failing to control COVID, while non-Chinese airline carriers were instructed to reduce passenger loads to a maximum of 40% of capacity starting on April 11 until at least the end of the month.
Shanghai vows to improve food deliveries as discontent grows over COVID curbs
Shanghai is trying to improve the distribution of food and essential goods for locked-in residents, who are struggling to get meat, rice, and other supplies.
Shanghai Covid lockdown ‘will have a global effect on almost every trade’
China’s lockdowns “will have a global effect on almost every trade,” as severe pressure on transport and logistics across the country threatens to worsen the economic fallout.
Shunned Oil Piling Up Off China as Virus Outbreak Worsens
Around 22 million barrels of Russian, Venezuelan, and Iranian oil are lingering right off of China’s coasts, as the nation’s strict pandemic measures to control the ongoing COVID outbreak continue to choke global supply chains. Traders estimate that demand will fall by half a million barrels a day due to factory and transportation shutdowns.
市委市政府召开做好当前疫情防控工作会议，对社会动员和生活物资保供再部署再落实
Zero tolerance in Shanghai: At a meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and government today, Committee Secretary Lǐ Qiáng 李强指出 said that the city will strive to ensure the people’s welfare in the battle against COVID, and that the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai will be converted into a makeshift hospital expected to provide 40,000 beds, but there will be no relaxation of the COVID-zero approach.
Covid Cases in China Hit Record, as Shanghai Extends Lockdown
China topped a record 16,400 COVID cases on Monday, the sternest test of the nation’s COVID-zero policy since the virus emerged in Wuhan in early 2020.
One woman was reportedly stuck on a bus for 16 hours, with no food or bathroom breaks, on her way to a mass quarantine center.
船舶“塞港”真相如何？上海港回应 - 21财经
There is no congestion at Shanghai Port, according to Shanghai International Port Group, which denied media reports that the city’s worst-ever COVID-19 outbreak was snarling up logistics.
VW to Close Part of Its Plant in Shanghai Amid Covid Lockdowns
Volkswagen will temporarily close part of its plant in Shanghai following difficulty procuring parts due to the lockdowns. The plant is a joint venture with China’s SAIC.
