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How a ‘forgotten,’ 110-day lockdown sparked China’s nationwide COVID protests
On Saturday, Chinese officials announced that one of the country’s longest lockdowns would finally end amid nationwide protests against Beijing’s strict COVID-zero policies that seek to eliminate every...
China abandons its GDP growth target in favor of COVID controls
Ever since China’s economy ground to a halt during Shanghai’s two-month lockdown, economists have argued that Beijing faces a choice: either relax the country’s COVID-zero policy to promote...
