The Shanghai show of dissent comes after a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang province, where Covid curbs were blamed for hampering rescue efforts

Some analysts believe China's GDP could now contract this quarter and have cut their 2023 forecasts as lockdowns and curbs continue to take a toll

Beijing has vowed to continue with its controversial zero-Covid policy despite growing unrest and the mounting toll on the world’s second-biggest economy

Nomura analysts estimate that more than one-fifth of China's total GDP is under lockdown, a figure that exceeds the size of the British economy.

Taiwanese tech giant said a "technical error" occurred when hiring new recruits at its huge iPhone factory. The company has now done deals with employees to resolve protests at the plant

The IMF identified China's Covid restrictions as a major deterrent for investors, the SCMP said

Videos showed a protest on Wednesday by hundreds of workers over pay and conditions at the massive Zhengzhou production facility in central China

China’s Covid infection numbers are now near their April peak with Beijing closing public places and Shanghai tightening entry rules

Parts of Beijing and Guangzhou and other cities were in semi-lockdown on Monday in a bid to slow the minimize the spread of Covid-19 as cases rise in various areas.

Officials in Guangzhou in southern China are setting up makeshift hospitals and quarantine facilities as Covid cases rise to more than 8,700 in the southern manufacturing hub

Local government chiefs have reportedly appealed to former government workers too to take on work at the tech firm’s Covid-affected factory

While many cities have said they will scale back testing, China's Covid cases continued to rise on Tuesday, most notably in Guangzhou, where there is concern of possible lockdowns