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Shanghai
How Shanghai's DIY supply chains helped us live through the long COVID lockdown
by
Jennifer Pak
Jun 6, 2022
What happens when supply chains collapse and it's up to district governments, neighbors and friends to fill the gap?
Need a CT scan? You may have to wait weeks, thanks to lockdowns in China and dye shortages
May 31, 2022
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, a critical Shanghai plant that produces the dye has been operating at reduced capacity for weeks.
Shanghai firms drift back to work but hurdles remain
by
Jennifer Pak
May 4, 2022
Shanghai is allowing a small number of firms to resume operations. In a heavily locked-down environment, many of them are finding it's not that easy.
A look at lockdown life in Shanghai
Apr 22, 2022
COVID cases still number about 18,000 per day, and many people have had to make sacrifices.
Inside Shanghai's indefinite lockdown: isolation, outcry and food shortages
by
Jennifer Pak
Apr 12, 2022
Shanghai's latest citywide lockdown has left residents anxious about being separated from their children, pets and struggling to find food.
Life inside Shanghai’s latest COVID surge
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 29, 2022
Shanghai officials boast that their strategy to snuff out the spread of COVID-19 is preferable to a city-wide lockdown. For residents living through the current wave, the effects are jarring.
Shanghai is under COVID-19 restrictions after omicron surge
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 14, 2022
China's financial capital is not under a full lockdown, but strict anti-COVID measures still weigh on residents.
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Pandemic pushes big-city dreamers out of Shanghai
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 30, 2021
Workers from rural China came to Shanghai in search of better lives, a challenge even in good times. Then the COVID-19 lockdown hit.
Ant Group is taking its IPO to Hong Kong and Shanghai. Why is it skipping New York?
Jul 23, 2020
And is it a sign of things to come for relations between the U.S. and Chinese economies?
A Shanghai postcard: life after the COVID-19 economic shutdown
by
Jennifer Pak
Apr 27, 2020
With masks, fever checks and health QR codes, there are signs that the coronavirus still poses a threat to daily life.