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Monday, January 26, 2026
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

Mark Tully made me a journalist. The profession was religion to him: Satish Jacob

The death of Mark Tully means that India has lost a good friend. That's the end of the chapter on journalism, as far as I'm concerned.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.