Shopping malls, department stores, and supermarkets will begin resuming in-store operations and allow customers to shop in "an orderly way", while hair salons and vegetable markets will reopen with limited capacity

Commercial hub Shanghai hoped to exit a painful six-week-old lockdown later this month as authorities hoped one last round of tightening would eradicate the last infections in one of the worst Covid outbreaks in China

Officials in Beijing denied rumours of sweeping Shanghai-type curbs, asking people not to panic-buy but to stay at home, while also announcing a fresh round of mass testing.

Widespread lockdowns to rein in Covid-19 brought economic activity to a standstill in China and also sparked runaway inflation across the world

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) announced revenue of $1.8 billion in first three months ended March 31, a 16.6% rise from the previous quarter

Nissan has shifted its focus from "volume to value", shedding the emphasis on big sales numbers, often at discounts, that it pursued for years

Economic damage from China's current coronavirus outbreak could be more than 10 times the impact from the initial outbreak in Wuhan in 2020, the SCMP said, citing a local economist

Residents in the Chinese economic hub have over the past six weeks had to undergo multiple rounds of self-testing via antigen kits, as well as PCR Covid-19 tests

Disrupted transport links and restrictions on movement have cut battery manufacturing, research house Antaike said, while carmakers have cut or suspended production

Strong game sales helped Sony more than double fourth-quarter operating profit as it encourages online game downloads and sign-ups for subscription services

A United Nations Weibo post on WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments was removed from the Chinese social media platform shortly after being published

China is likely to meet its 5.5% GDP growth target for this year, the People's Daily said on Tuesday, although foreign and independent analysts say this will be difficult to achieve