The next few weeks will be crucial for China's spring sowing season. But Beijing's zero-covid strategy hits the agricultural sector hard. In the northeastern province of Jilin in particular, where a lot of corn is grown, sowing might not happen at all this year. This adds to the problematic situation around the world.
By Ning Wang
To keep production going despite China's zero-covid policy, companies in affected regions have employees sleep in groups on site after work. The closed-loop method is supposed to keep the virus out. But this only works as long as companies still receive preliminary products.
By Christiane Kuehl
An Italian shares his day-to-day life in a quarantine center in Shanghai with the world. His story is absurdly funny, but tragic at the same time. Alessandro Pavanello describes how his life changed after a positive test.
By Redaktion Table
The recent Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) report on settlement of NEV subsidies (2019-2020) for each automotive manufacturer reaffirms the trend of subsidy reductions. The MIIT plans to further cut the NEV subsidies by another 30% year-on-year in 2022 and fully terminate the subsidy scheme after 2022. Reacting to the subsidy cuts, both foreign and domestic automotive brands are adjusting their pricing strategy, but use different approaches.
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Cars are hardly ever bought online. Not even by the otherwise digital-savvy Chinese customers. But new business models and vehicles could lead to a change. German manufacturers try to lead the way.
By Christian Domke Seidel
