Subway trains in Beijing and Shanghai were packed, while some major traffic arteries in the two cities were jammed with slow-moving cars

Taiwan assessed China had staged the military "provocation" to express anger at a new US defence authorisation law

Analysts have warned the world's second-largest economy is "entering the most dangerous weeks of the pandemic"

Tesla and its suppliers have been falling sick in the current wave of infections in China, posing challenges to operations at the plant

The struggling tech firm has reached licensing deals with top carmakers, including European giants like Audi, Porsche, Renault and Lamborghini

At least 37 million people caught the virus on Tuesday alone, according to data presented in a closed-door meeting

The Taiwanese company is already building a $8.6 billion chip facility in the country as part of efforts to diversify its production base

Four ByteDance employees, two in China and two in the US, involved in tracking foreign reporters and sources of company leaks, were fired for examining the journalists' IP addresses

Huawei has been unable to acquire new integrated circuits after US trade sanctions cut-off its access to chips produced using US technology anywhere in the world

The move has fuelled talk among colleagues he is being groomed for a bigger role in Tesla, at a time when chief executive Elon Musk has been distracted by Twitter

China's "closed loop" system, which had been relied on by many factories throughout the zero-Covid era, is also beginning to fall apart

A leading indicator of the demand for technology globally, the island's export orders are also likely to see a significant decline in December