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Shanghai’s lockdown tests limits
Shanghai’s lockdown tests limits
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2022
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Podcast episode
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The strict lockdowns and zero-tolerance COVID policies that were once praised for keeping China largely infection-free; they’re back. And they’re now pushing people to their limits.Today, how the recent lockdown in Shanghai is testing China’s zero tolerance strategy, and what it means for the country’s communist government. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times China correspondent Stephanie YangMore reading:Strain of Shanghai’s COVID lockdown tests China’s zero tolerance resolveHuman toll from Shanghai lockdown fuels public frustration‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as Omicron exacts deadly toll
Released:
Apr 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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