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Drum Tower: Zero no more
Podcast |
Drum Tower
Publisher |
The Economist
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
China
News & Politics
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Dec 05, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:41:10

The zero-covid policy, a source of pride for Xi Jinping, has sparked protests across China. Public frustration is growing, covid cases are rising, and confusion reigns. How did zero-covid turn into a trap? How can China escape it? 

 

The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, talk to Ben Cowling, an epidemiologist at Hong Kong University, about the lessons from the omicron wave there.

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