(Feb 24): China is trying to get people back to work, risking a renewed spread of the coronavirus. Dong said he applied to the government on Feb. 17 to restart and the inspector came the next day and gave permission. “More and more factories are allowed to reopen this week,” he said. The push to get production rolling again risks a renewed spread of the virus, about which much is still not yet known. In the longer term, the outbreak is likely to exacerbate the damage wrought on China’s factories by the trade war.

Source: The Edge Markets February 23, 2020 21:33 UTC