 | Chinese city of Qingdao seeing half a million Covid cases a day: Local health chiefCities across the country have struggled to cope as surging infections have emptied pharmacy shelves, filled hospital wards and appeared to cause backlogs at crematoriums and funeral homes. |
 | Chinese shoppers spend billions but Singles Day more mutedNonetheless, the combined gross value of products sold since late October "may surpass a trillion yuan" for the first time, Xiaofeng Wang, principal analyst at research firm Forrester, said. |
