The Chinese government ordered officials to cut back on mass testing and hair-trigger regional lockdowns, in a pivot from stringent pandemic rules.
Category: Quarantines
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China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Policy Changes, Explained
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After Fanning Covid Fears, China Must Now Try to Allay Them
The New York Times – Business:Beijing had long warned that the only effective response was testing, quarantine and lockdowns. As it shifts policy, it must change how it portrays the risks.
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iPhone Factory Protest Challenges China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Rules
The New York Times – Business:Protests are rising as China enacts more lockdowns and quarantines, with no end in sight. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian leadership.
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China Adjusts Some Pandemic Policies, While Sticking to ‘Zero Covid’
The New York Times – Business:Investors cheered the changes, although officials emphasized that measures “must not be relaxed.”
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In Bid to Show It Is Open, Hong Kong Bends Covid Rules … for Some
The New York Times – Business:Three splashy events this week were meant to prove that the former British colony was still “Asia’s World City.” But pandemic exemptions were only doled out to those who could afford them.
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Foxconn’s Big iPhone Plant Hit by China’s Latest Covid Lockdown
The New York Times – Business:An outbreak in Zhengzhou has sent an unknown number of workers at the city’s Foxconn plant into quarantine. It’s a bad time of year for output of iPhones to slow down.
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China’s Covid-Testing Strategy Comes Under Strain
The New York Times – Business:Bills are piling up and infections are spreading, yet there are no signs that Beijing plans to rethink a cornerstone of its pandemic policy.