Global demand for PPE, especially in U.S., fuels China's exports: WSJ

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- China's exports globally benefited both from its ability to reopen factories faster than other countries and its ability to provide massive amounts of the products needed to fight the novel coronavirus, reported The Wall Street Journal on Saturday.

China posted a 9.5 percent rise in outbound shipping in August compared with the same period last year, as the global lockdowns "played to China's manufacturing strength," and the U.S. tariffs exemption on medical goods from China also helped, the paper quoted Rory Green, a Seoul-based economist at research company TS Lombard, as saying.