Live through the Pandemic

Data from the Commerce Ministry shows that there were over 4 million live streaming shows during the first quarter of 2020. Over 100 mayors and village officials joined the trend to sell local agricultural products. As China continues its work of poverty alleviation, the question ... Show More

As China seems to have contained the spread of coronavirus successfully, deputies of the ongoing National People’s Congress session have been discussing measures including faster responses, better resource distribution, and long-term prevention measures that ensure China will be ... Show More

The docudrama My Stolen Life was adapted from a real-life story. As some tragedies began, they would never end. Most cases of missing children end with parents spending years, or the rest of their lives looking for their lost child. A mother in southwest China found her son after ... Show More

Over a year after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the headlines in China, Liyang Liu explores the hidden impacts on people in her home city Beijing. Life has in some ways got back to normal in China’s capital, especially compared to many other global cities, but Liyang discovers things ... Show More

Covid: Laurie Taylor explores the impact of the pandemic on our working and home lives. Will Davies, Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London, suggests it has revealed the politics of our economy, offering prosperity to some and hardships to others. He’s ... Show More

Can anyone thrive amid the madness of Covid-19?The pandemic has battered South Africa’s economy. When the country went into lockdown last year, many businesses struggled to survive.In the months that followed, a staggering 2.2 million people lost their jobs.And yet, amid the econ ... Show More

Have the lockdowns pulled out the rug from underneath your feet? Don’t know if your business or job will go back to normal? Listen to this episode to discover how the Coronavirus outbreak will change careers and lives for the foreseeable future. 

2020 hasn't been good for British business - certainly not since Covid-19 showed up. The global pandemic and the lockdown imposed to try to fight it have affected individual livelihoods and those of many companies. John Murphy talks to some business owners from different sectors ... Show More

Has the coronavirus epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party? In the early stages of the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, authorities there downplayed its significance. A doctor who sounded the alarm was forced to contradict himself. He later contracted ... Show More

Millions in Wuhan, China, the city where the novel coronavirus first emerged, are trying to figure out what life looks like in the bustling industrial city after the worst pandemic in a century. Bloomberg’s Beijing bureau chief Sharon Chen went to Wuhan recently to explore life a ... Show More

In a few short months the coronavirus has turned the world upside down. Alongside the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of deaths, the world is now bracing itself for a brutal economic impact. Whether it is components for manufacturing, our food and medical supplies or the content ... Show More

The COVID 19 Pandemic has changed our lives. Some say forever. Investigative journalist Adam Shand speaks to experts in their fields to explore what might be our new norm. A vaccine may help us return to normal but is Australia still vulnerable to the next viral pandemic? It’s gl ... Show More