FT with the stats snippet:
- China railway traffic and passenger flights on Saturday, the first day of lunar new year, both fell about 42% compared with the same day last year
And:
- China's leaders are bracing for a blow to first-quarter economic growth
- coronavirus weighs on consumption, travel and manufacturing,
- financial capital Shanghai has ordered companies not to reopen until February 10
- manufacturing hub of Suzhou has postponed the return to work of millions of migrant labourers for up to a week
Financial Times link is here (may be gated)
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ps. Briefing from China coming up in the hours ahead.
