Month: April 2022

Shanghai will offer a package of 140 billion yuan (US$21 billion) to help businesses deal with COVID-19 pandemic difficulties. The package includes tax and rent cuts or exemptions, cash subsidies, as well as financial and material assistance, city officials said. Other measures include a public service...

It all started with casual sharing. Artist Liu Yi was on the balcony one afternoon when he heard birds chirping incessantly. “It was melodious and striking,” he said. Surprised by the “rare” chorus of birds, he recorded it for 60 seconds on his phone and shared...

HANGZHOU’S Binjiang District is expected to be one of the world’s top high-tech zones by 2035, capable of competing with Shanghai’s Zhangjiang High-Tech Park and Beijing’s Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park. Talent is crucial in achieving that aim. Binjiang has upgraded facilities and infrastructure in industrial parks to attract more professionals from home...

More than 16,000 travelers, seeking to leave Shanghai through Hongqiao Railway Station, have been temporarily accommodated — usually overnight — in shelters provided by the government since mid-April. Due to surging travel demand and low availability of train tickets, especially early this month, a large number...

Shanghai will gradually restore the offline operations of local malls, markets, eateries, hair salons and other businesses from today to guarantee basic daily supplies to its residents, the city’s vice mayor announced. The principle is to open in an orderly manner with limited movement and effective...

A clinical trial in China has shown that an inhalable COVID-19 booster vaccine is safe and effective in adults. Scientists led by Chen Wei with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in China developed an aerosolized adenovirus type-5 vector-based COVID-19 vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) administered via oral inhalation....

Burundi: The name does not immediately evoke centuries-old forests sheltering elusive chimpanzees, or sandy beaches lined with palm trees that stretch along one of the largest lakes in the world. Instead, the small, landlocked nation located in the heart of Africa’s Great Lakes region has often...

While many out-of-towners are finding ways to leave Shanghai, Fu Jun has bucked the trend. Shortly after the recent COVID-19 resurgence took hold in Shanghai, the young designer living in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, made up his mind to pitch in. “I’m here...