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Li Keqiang urges officials to help companies resume production after Covid lockdowns
The religious leader previously did not seem to be a threat to the authorities
In a crucial political year, a series of open-ended lockdowns have heaped pressure on struggling businesses
Africa’s top Covid-19 vaccine plant has halted production due to lack of demand
Officials and advisers fear president is blind to the impact of harsh anti-coronavirus measures
Xi’s economic tsar Liu He worries Beijing underestimating impact of real estate and Covid restrictions
Supermarket shelves emptied after city officials order lockdown in several neighbourhoods
Beijing has implemented measures to boost the economy but data point to significant downturn
Economic outlook was darkening even before lockdown of most important financial centre
PBoC holds back on reducing key interest rate as it juggles capital outflows and weakening growth
The expected appointment shows that Beijing’s focus is on ensuring law and order, not financial recovery
The memoirs of Simon Murray recall a bygone era of US-Chinese collaboration
Beijing and Brussels clash over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as Xi Jinping warns against ‘cold war mentality’
Two-week local restrictions come as PMI data show negative financial impact of controls
Bloc’s leaders will use Friday summit to pressure Beijing over its close ties with Moscow
China’s financial centre hit by panic buying ahead of public transport shutdown and mass testing
People in Pudong and nine other areas will have to stay at home to allow for mass testing
US-led alliance is as much a threat to Beijing as Moscow, say Xi Jinping’s diplomats
Neighbouring countries have been in a diplomatic stand-off for two years
The Ukraine war represents a threat to China’s economy and could lead to a diplomatic backlash
Beijing will boost economy and introduce market-friendly policies, says top economic official Liu He
Beijing slams what it calls US efforts to spread disinformation and ‘distort and smear’ its position on Ukraine
Washington expected to raise Beijing’s refusal to condemn Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour
City of 9mn locks down after just 23 cases as Omicron surge challenges Xi’s zero-Covid strategy
The war in Ukraine represents a threat to China’s economy and could lead to a diplomatic backlash over its support for Moscow
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