Nearly 300 million people are under some form of covid lockdown in China. When will the government’s notoriously strict policy ease up? Locked down …
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What is China's zero covid policy?
Protests are spreading across China in a backlash to Xi Jinping's zero covid policy. What is it?
Locked down and locked in
A rising number of people across China are feeling the downsides of keeping covid locked out. Last week, several districts in Xi’an, a northwestern …
A global capital of culture and finance now has residents bartering for food and going without critical medical care. When will it end? What does life …
Hundreds of thousands in Shanghai have volunteered to ease a lockdown crisis. Not all are sure they’re doing the right thing. It is by far the world’s …
The Consequences Are Real
Why factory shutdowns, trade wars and export restrictions are forcing Apple to rethink China. China’s zero-covid policies threw a wrench in the entire …
The pandemic has punished China’s commercial capital. What happened in Shanghai may punish the country too. When the end came for Shanghai’s covid …
This week’s Global Grid conversation looks at a range of troubles for China’s economy — and the implications for the country’s leadership. Over the …
What Set Off The Backlash
Anger over the zero-covid policy is only one driver of protests in China. Wang Miao quickly pinned a portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping onto a …
Even when they march on the other side of the world, many Chinese activists fear the long arm of Beijing. On Halloween, dozens of people pulled on the …
