China’s Exports Beat Expectations on Demand From Covid-Hit Emerging Markets, Stimulus Policies

April shipments jumped 32.3% and imports surged partly due to a low comparative base in 2020 and partly due to a recovery in the domestic and global economies

Caixin China Biz Roundup: Commodity Prices Surge to Record High

In today’s episode: demand for raw materials is booming as more major economies contain their Covid crisis; the online feud between a whistleblower and Shanghai-based cancer doctor continues to simmer; and China reports three cases of a coronavirus variant that has been spreading in India

Three Cases of Coronavirus Variant Spreading in India Show Up in Southwest China

Authorities in Chongqing have confirmed that the trio who were working in the South Asian country have been infected with the B.1.617 strain

Singapore to Review Hong Kong Travel Bubble as Virus Returns

The growing cluster in the country underscores the fragility of such agreements in the face of highly transmissible variants of Covid-19

Sinopharm’s Vaccine Nears Emergency-Use Approval by WHO

U.N. agency’s experts find 78.1% effectiveness for ages 18-59 but cite insufficient data for assessing the shot in people ages 60 and older or with underlying conditions

Hong Kong’s Secondary Offerings This Year Already Near 2020 Total

Flush with cash and hungry for Chinese assets, investors drive record share sales of $47 billion in the first four months of the year

Kao Recruits Web Influencers to Sell Cosmetics in China

Japanese company’s marketing strategy shifts as pandemic keeps bulk-purchasing Chinese tourists away

PetroChina’s Profits Soar on Economic Rebound, Resurgent Oil Prices

A 30% jump in gas prices also fueled strong first-quarter earnings as China emerges from Covid-19 shock

China Forms New Super Agency to Oversee Disease Prevention and Control

New vice-ministerial level body will monitor health system and plug gaps exposed by Covid-19 outbreak

Sinopec Rebounds From Pandemic Plunge With $2.8 Billion First-Quarter Profit

Petrochemicals titan reverses last year’s losses and joins a growing list of SOEs reporting bumper year-on-year gains

Alibaba Has Big Plans for Taobao’s Livestreaming Hawking Business

Xiaomi Extends Reign as India’s Smartphone King Despite Slipping Market Share

Economic Gap Between North and South China Set to Further Widen, Nomura Says

Regional divide has grown over the past decade, with North’s share of the economy shrinking to 35.2% last year from 42.9% in 2012

U.S. Lifts Travel Restrictions on Students From China and Elsewhere

There’s still a big hurdle for those newly enrolling this fall: Visa processing sites are still mostly shut down amid the pandemic

Trending in China: Beijing Government Hands Out Holiday Coupons Again

Promotion to boost consumer spending during Labor Day break met with litany of complaints about how little time workers get off