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China is becoming a hermit kingdom

11 June 2022

6:03 PM

11 June 2022

6:03 PM

There is an unprecedented experiment under way in China as it reshapes its economy to accommodate its zero-Covid strategy. There are two elements to the policy. The more visible one is the harsh lockdowns, enacted most recently in Shanghai – where for the past two months 25 million people were confined to their homes or forced into quarantine holding centres.

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