Shanghai

A woman, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past sale signs on a display window of a Victoria's Secret store in Shanghai, China June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

Shanghai's fashion stores struggle to clear lockdown stock hangover

Curbs to stop the virus in Shanghai, China's fashion capital, ground the city of 25 million to a halt in April and May, leaving clothing and beauty product displays in stores untouched and...

A large fire at a Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical plant in outlying Jinshan district of Shanghai. (AFP)
China

1 dead in China's Shanghai chemical plant explosion

A worker in a protective suit measures the body temperature of a woman during a vaccination session against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for elderly people, at a community health service centre in Fengxian district of Shanghai, China April 21, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Beijing warns of 'explosive' Covid outbreak as Shanghai begins mass testing

Storage tanks are seen at Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles Refinery, which processes domestic & imported crude oil into California Air Resources Board (CARB), gasoline, diesel fuel, and other petroleum products, in Carson, California, U.S., March 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Bing Guan
Global Economy

Oil falls on demand worries over Shanghai's new partial lockdowns

A worker in a protective suit walks on a pedestrian crossing at an intersection in Lujiazui financial district, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/
Global Economy

After lockdown, Shanghai tries to mend fences with foreign firms

Containers are loaded onto a ship, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the Port of Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Global Economy

As Shanghai reopens, California ports prepare for cargo surge

A security guard blocks an exit as he directs people to scan a QR code to track their health status at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

In Shanghai, lockdown blues make way for Covid testing gripes

Residents line up for nucleic acid tests during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Shanghai, China, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

After two months, a scarred Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown ends

Workers dismantle barriers at a residential area, as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai to lift Covid lockdown

A worker in a protective suit measures the body temperature of a woman during a vaccination session against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for elderly people, at a community health service centre in Fengxian district of Shanghai, China April 21, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai says all residents in 'low-risk' areas can return to work on June 1

A man rides a vehicle carrying a woman past a police car outside a residential compound, during a lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Global Economy

Shanghai city to lift lockdown restrictions on 1 June

A woman wearing a face mask crosses a road at the Central Business District (CBD), amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Beijing, China May 10, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China

Shanghai to lift 'unreasonable' curbs on firms, Beijing eases restrictions

People wearing protective face masks walk on a street, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Shanghai, China August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
China

'Tomorrow will be better': Shanghai inches towards Covid re-opening