CoronavirusChina's factories restart just as coronavirus hits global demand
Domestic operations resume but foreign clients are in hot water
The worst of the coronavirus seems to have passed in China, but it is now wreaking havoc in key overseas markets. © AP
NIKKI SUN and CK TAN, Nikkei staff writers
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- Just a month ago, Danny Lau was concerned that he might miss the deadline for deliveries to a U.S. client, as he was unable to reopen his aluminum facade panel factory in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan due to the coronavirus outbreak then ravaging the country.