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🇨🇳 #Shanghai extended lockdown measures on Tuesday by limiting transportation as #covid19 cases surge in the city 📈🦠

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+ China: Shanghai records 13,086 new asymptomatic cases

+ Lockdown expected to hit 5.5% growth target

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+ China: Shanghai records 13,086 new asymptomatic cases

+ Lockdown expected to hit 5.5% growth target

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Extended Shanghai lockdown causes flight disruptions for CAL, EVA Air - Focus Taiwan
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Extended Shanghai lockdown causes flight disruptions for CAL ...
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Shanghai completely shut: 'Extremely grim' Covid outbreak in China's biggest city deepens with 26m people confined to their homes
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Shanghai completely shut: 'Extremely grim' Covid outbreak in ...
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F1 Drivers Surprised by China Track That's Been 'Repainted, Not Resurfaced'
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F1 Drivers Surprised by China Track That's Been 'Repainted ...
Quick Glance: Harvard Students Analyzing Taylor Swift's New Album
  • Harvard students studying a course on the singer are well-prepared to analyze her new album.

  • A group of students gathered to listen and discuss the album, with certain lines causing immediate excitement.

  • Some students stayed up into the early hours waiting for additional music to be released.

  • The students discussed their thoughts on the new songs and brainstormed their final papers, due by the end of the month.
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China's technological development has run out of steam: Nina Xiang is managing director at TH Capital, an investment advisory and asset management firm ...
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China's technological development has run out of steam
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The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes Next: And how America can prepare for whatever comes next.
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The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes ...
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Japan 'two-faced' for seeking closer ties while warning of China threat, Chinese state media says
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Japan 'two-faced' for seeking closer ties while warning of China threat ...
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Japan’s new aircraft carrier Kaga ruffles feathers in China and raises questions about commitment to pacifist constitution
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Japan’s new aircraft carrier Kaga ruffles feathers in China and raises ...
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Apple faces worst iPhone slump since Covid-19 as China rivals rise: The iPhone-maker’s steep sales decline comes after its strong performance in the December ...
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Apple faces worst iPhone slump since Covid-19 as China rivals rise
Quick Glance: iPhone sales plummet. Here's why
  • Apple’s smartphone sales dropped by 10% last quarter, primarily due to a sharp decline in sales in China.

  • Samsung had been the top smartphone manufacturer for 12 years, but Apple briefly took the top spot last year.

  • The global smartphone market is showing signs of recovery with a 7.8% increase in smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2024.

  • Despite expectations for Apple and Samsung to maintain their market dominance, the rise of Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi and OPPO/OnePlus may continue.
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Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of its workers as sales slow: "Cost reductions and increased productivity" needed, says Musk.
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Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of its workers as sales slow
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Malaysia’s King is world’s first private owner of China’s most expensive car: The Hongqi L5 is currently available only in China.
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Malaysia’s King is world’s first private owner of China’s most expensive ...
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US-Japan-Philippines trilateral gives Manila a fighting chance: In an unprecedented move with big regional implications, US President Joe Biden hosted a ...
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US-Japan-Philippines trilateral gives Manila a fighting chance
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China Market Trouble: Beijing Aims to Curb Speculation With Reform Plan: China is seeking to end the years of speculator driven boom-and-bust trading by pivoting ...
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China Market Trouble: Beijing Aims to Curb Speculation With Reform Plan
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China foreign ministry welcomes Blinken's visit to China as tensions simmer: China's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Antony ...
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China foreign ministry welcomes Blinken's visit to China as tensions ...
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China's new fashion trend incorporates traditional elements: SHANGHAI -- "Neo-Chinese style," a mixture of classical attire and everyday clothes ...
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China's new fashion trend incorporates traditional elements
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China's cities are sinking, putting tens of millions at risk: Nearly a third of China's urban population lives in areas that are subsiding ...
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China's cities are sinking, putting tens of millions at risk
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President Biden moves to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum: Biden will announce to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh that he's calling ...
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President Biden moves to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum
Quick Glance: Joe Biden Calls for Significant Increase in Tariffs on Chinese Steel
  • US President Joe Biden is pushing for an increase in tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium to strengthen union support in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

  • During a meeting with United Steelworkers union members in Pittsburgh, Biden calls on trade representative Katherine Tai to raise the tariffs from the current average of 7.5 percent.

  • The main focus of the measures is to combat China's new export surge and the ongoing price pressure that makes it difficult for American steel companies to compete.

  • The Biden administration's decision to increase tariffs is expected to impact recent efforts by Washington and Beijing to stabilize relations.
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Chinese workers need more skills for the country's economic pivot: Wei Li is a senior lecturer in international business at the University of Sydney Business ...
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Chinese workers need more skills for the country's economic pivot
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Macron and Scholz call for 're-balancing' EU-China trade relations: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Friday for a ...
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Macron and Scholz call for 're-balancing' EU-China trade relations
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Putin and Xi’s Unholy Alliance: Why the West Won’t Be Able to Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China
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Putin and Xi’s Unholy Alliance: Why the West Won’t Be Able to Drive a ...
Quick Glance: Hong Kong Denies Entry to Press Freedom Advocate
  • Reporters Without Borders reported that a representative of the organization was deported from Hong Kong upon arrival on Wednesday.

  • Aleksandra Bielakowska, a representative of Reporters Without Borders based in Taiwan, was detained for six hours at Hong Kong International Airport and then deported without explanation.

  • Bielakowska traveled to Hong Kong to meet with journalists and monitor the trial of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who faces possible life imprisonment for national security offenses.

  • Hong Kong has witnessed a significant decline in press freedom in recent years, ranking 140th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders' 2023 World Press Freedom Index.
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Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai: TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies is building a massive semiconductor equipment research and development ...
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Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai
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Huawei just gave Tim Cook a new headache in China: Apple CEO Tim Cook is desperately fighting to keep selling iPhones to Chinese consumers ...
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Huawei just gave Tim Cook a new headache in China
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China's first F1 driver Zhou Guanyu says 'endurance' key to success: SHANGHAI: The path to becoming China's first Formula 1 driver was a lonely one that required ...
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China's first F1 driver Zhou Guanyu says 'endurance' key to success
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China's drugmakers can't sell mRNA shots but haven't quit yet: China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID shots and idle manufacturing plants are ...
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China's drugmakers can't sell mRNA shots but haven't quit yet
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Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his career, stars including Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating
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Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his career ...
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China successfully tests maglev trains in vacuum tube, eyeing future speeds of 4,000 kph
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China successfully tests maglev trains in vacuum tube, eyeing future ...
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China's Gen Z turns frugal as economic gloom spreads: SHANGHAI/NEW YORK -- At 24 years old, Zhang Ru is not a target customer of the Shanghai community dining ...
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China's Gen Z turns frugal as economic gloom spreads
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China's newest aircraft carrier seen with mock-ups of aircraft: images: Images show the aircraft carrier Fujian hosting mock-ups of various aircraft ...
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China's newest aircraft carrier seen with mock-ups of aircraft: images
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US, Japan, Philippines hold summit amid China threat: US President Joe Biden hosted a defense summit with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines ...
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US, Japan, Philippines hold summit amid China threat
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China steelmakers show overcapacity strain as U.S. battens import hatches: HONG KONG -- Chinese steelmakers are being weighed down by overcapacity and are ...
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China steelmakers show overcapacity strain as U.S. battens import hatches
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Nokia cuts orders with China-listed supplier as U.S. pushes 'clean network': TAIPEI -- Nokia, the world's second-largest telecom equipment maker after ...
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Nokia cuts orders with China-listed supplier as U.S. pushes 'clean ...
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More university graduates in China turning to smaller cities for employment: Report
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More university graduates in China turning to smaller cities for ...
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Xi Rebuffs Scholz Pressure to Rein In Chinese Manufacturing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the German chancellor that a surge in clean-technology exports from ...
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Xi Rebuffs Scholz Pressure to Rein In Chinese Manufacturing