A year after the lockdown that made Shanghai a byword for all that was wrong with the country's COVID 19 approach, China's most international city is showing the effects of a policy that left the nation disconnected from the world.
Since the brutal two-month lockdown that crippled the city of 25 million from late last March, Shanghai has seen an exodus, a quarter of China's expatriate population and most foreign company headquarters. Foreign investment and business activity in the metropolis have dwindled as Xenia Sidorenko, a Russian fashion entrepreneur who has called China home for a dozen years, is leaving and foreign investment and business activity has dwindled.
With your brain understanding that something absolutely unacceptable is happening and you are still trying to keep calm and carry on, said Sidorenko, referring to the lockdown period. She plans to move to New Zealand with her husband later this year, once she makes arrangements for her firm, UseDem, which recycles waste from China's denim industry into bags. If there is a conflict with your ad blocking or security software, this could be a problem. You can add to your list of allowed sites jp and piano.io. If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this FAQ. We humbly apologize for the inconvenience.