China’s Export Growth Stays Unexpectedly Robust, Offsetting Broader Weakness
HONG KONG—China’s export machine remained surprisingly resilient in July following a strong…
China’s Stumbling Manufacturing, Property Sectors Show Long Road to Recovery
China’s major economic pillars wobbled in July with weakness in manufacturing and the…
China’s Wuhan Province Locks Down District With One Million People
HONG KONG—Wuhan, the central Chinese city that was the epicenter of the early Covid-19 outbreak…
China’s Zero-Covid Policy Drags on Vaccination Drive
HONG KONG—China’s sluggish progress in vaccinating the elderly and vulnerable against Covid-19…
Chinese Export Hubs Order Mass Covid-19 Testing, Raising Risk of Lockdowns
HONG KONG—Two of China’s biggest cities ordered residents to undergo mass Covid-19 tests this…
China’s Economic Comeback From Covid-19 Shutdowns Likely to Be Slow and Bumpy
HONG KONG—Two years ago, China’s economy bounced back briskly after suffering its worst…
China’s Economy Records 0.4% Growth, Weakest Since Wuhan Lockdown
SINGAPORE—China recorded its weakest growth rate in more than two years, a measure of the costs…
Sri Lanka’s Debt Crisis Tests China’s Role as Financier to Poor Countries
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—As Sri Lanka’s foreign-exchange reserves began to dwindle under a mountain of…
Omicron Strains Drive New Covid Wave in Europe as Measures Fall Away
BRUSSELS—A Covid-19 infection wave driven by two hyper-infectious Omicron subvariants is moving…