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Joining the shops reopening their doors to consumers in China comes IKEA, as news breaks that the Swedish retailer has partnered with Tmall to offer online shopping and delivery. IKEA claims the move is “not influenced” by Covid-19. The Nanjing...

Epidemic prevention efforts in China have had the pleasing side effect of enabling the capture of literally thousands of on-the-run fugitives nationwide, thanks in large to increased police checks. “I can't stand it ... Attention, police officers, I have to...

With China over the worst of Covid-19, airlines are ramping up efforts to get people back to work, and themselves back to profitability. Yet, the move provides little relief, as airlines both domestic and foreign begin stopping flights to...

With the 94 quarantined passengers who arrived Tuesday in Nanjing from Korea released this morning, all those coming from both Korea and Japan are now requested to do same at home, while prices for flights from Korea to China...

China may be triumphing in her fight of Covid-19, but the resulting shackling of the country’s industrial output is an economic disaster of epic proportions, one that may lead to a 2020 growth in GDP of as little as...

When a 37-year-old Wuhan man decided to drive his car around the city for a bit and video the scenes outside, he had no idea what he was putting in motion. Going by his Weibo username, Spider Monkey Bread, he...

The Wuhan-borne coronavirus has finally received an official name, while the definition of a “case” has also had a makeover. Yet, worries persist that there may be many, many more infected than we realise. Finally, the World Health Organisation (WHO)...

The Austrian town of Saalbach-Hinterglemm shall tomorrow host World Cup ski races that were to be tests for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. These, along with many sport events in China and Asia, are being moved, postponed or cancelled. It...