Beijing’s insistence on zero-Covid strategy challenges long-held assumptions about China

When the New Zealand government acknowledged at the start of October that it cannot eliminate Covid-19, that left China (including Hong Kong and Macau) as the only major country still pursuing a zero-Covid strategy. This is not just a public health choice; it is also likely to have long-term economic and geopolitical consequences.There is little doubt that before the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, the strict suppression approach pioneered by China – and mimicked across East Asia – was highly…

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