‘No Sign of Recovery’ for Chinese Economy as Virus Cripples Export Orders

An employee works at a textile factory in Handan in China's northern Hebei Province, on April 29, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Before the virus hit, the woodworking machines at a Chinese furniture factory never stopped humming, even overnight on the weekend, as orders from Europe and Japan flew in.

Now, workers get two days off each week and count themselves lucky if they have two hours of work on the other days.