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TopicShanghai

Topic: Shanghai

India warns citizens to ‘exercise due discretion’ while travelling to or through China

Latest statement comes weeks after New Delhi issued a strong demarche to Beijing over harassment meted out to an Indian citizen transiting through Shanghai airport. 

China’s economic recovery stands on shaky foundations – and it could affect the whole world

There is weakness in China’s domestic real estate investment and export expectations due to uncertain global demand and ongoing trade frictions with the US.

Protest erupted in Shanghai against China Covid controls after fire killed 10 in Urumqi

The incident sparked widespread public anger as many internet users said the residents could not escape in time because the building was partially locked down.

First, Beijing failed to prevent Covid in Shanghai. Now, it’s struggling to censor criticism

The Shanghai lockdown isn’t just about the Covid-19 pandemic but also about the elite politics between the Shanghai and Beijing regions.

China’s Shanghai reports first Covid deaths since start of lockdown

Shanghai, which has been the epicentre of this wave, reported more than 22,000 cases Sunday, taking total infections in the financial hub to more than 300,000.

China refuses to ‘lie flat’ against Covid, insists on ‘draw our swords and fight’ virus approach

In the U.S. and Europe, the phrase “living with the virus” refers to reopening the economy and trusting that vaccines work. Not in China.

‘Prettiest to ugliest’: Chinese artist ranks 5,000 women in his exhibit, art gallery says sorry

Art gallery OCAT Shanghai has been shut since 18 June afternoon, after it issued an apology for promoting artist Song Ta whose exhibit sparked outrage on social media.

Ant Group has set the price for world’s largest IPO, says founder Jack Ma

Ma's Chinese fintech giant is one of the most hotly anticipated IPOs in years, on course to make history by surpassing Saudi Aramco’s record $29 billion share sale in 2019.

With masks & fever checks, it’s a ‘whole new world’ as Shanghai Disneyland reopens in China

The reopening is one of the largest test cases yet of whether mass gatherings can take place safely amid the virus pandemic.

Elon Musk’s moment of truth arrives as made-in-China Teslas roll out

Tesla's Model 3 sedan, the first to be made outside the US, faces a Chinese market in which total vehicle sales are expected to fall for a third straight year.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.