“Chinese may (carefully) return to stores. Or perhaps not.”

E.S.: Supermarkets are holding up well as they regain lost offline turnover through the Internet. However, for fashion or home equipment retailers, turnover of physical stores has clearly dropped. In Shanghai, most of the malls are open, but social distancing remains enforced. Customers are still very cautious. Since the beginning of the confinement, the Alipay smartphone app shows a “Health QR Code” that works like a traffic light (green, orange, red) and indicates your movements during...