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The battle for zero-Covid is being fought in Shanghai

13 April 2022

5:00 PM

13 April 2022

5:00 PM

Confusion infected Shanghai on Tuesday, as the authorities dithered over a promised easing of severe lockdown rules and Covid-19 continued to surge. The city has become a test for China’s zero-Covid strategy, with prickly Communist party leaders sending mixed signals – insisting they will stick to what they now characterise as a ‘dynamic’ zero-Covid policy ‘without hesitation or wavering’.

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