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Feeling economic strain, China explores tweaks to ‘Zero COVID’

Shanghai, China’s biggest city, is imposing a lockdown in two phases in an effort to minimise economic disruption.

Medical workers in protective suits walk amid the snow as they enter a residential compound

Amid Ukraine crisis, China’s ‘Zero COVID’ weighs on global growth

Beijing’s strict pandemic policies add to supply chain and inflation risks amid economic fallout of war in Ukraine.

Medical workers collect swabs from residents in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China

China’s economy beats expectations with 4 percent growth in Q4

Chinese economy expands 8.1 percent for the whole of 2021 amid weakest Q4 growth in more than a year.

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After Evergrande, China’s Shimao reignites property sector fears

Developer has seen share price plunge more than 50 percent since November amid liquidity, transparency concerns.

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China’s year of crackdowns: Party first, business second

Beijing’s crackdown on real estate, tech and education has shown it dictates the terms to private businesses.

Beijing's crackdown on private enterprise wiped more than $1 trillion off the market value of major companies in 2021 [Carlos Garcia Rawlins/ Reuters]

Evergrande default signals volatility but no crash, analysts say

Analysts see China’s real estate market entering a period of stress with Beijing moving to contain fallout.

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For China, reining in real estate is a high-stakes balancing act

Authorities are loosening lending and home approvals even as Beijing pushes to reduce economy’s reliance on property.

China is walking a tightrope as it seeks to rein in its property market without sending developers under [File: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg]

After Biden-Xi summit, what next for US-China trade war?

Reductions in tariffs possible down the line, but no return to pre-Trump status quo, analysts say.

United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping made little headway on resolving economic tensions at a recent virtual summit [File: Alex Brandon-Eraldo Peres/AP]