Growing protests in the world’s biggest manufacturing nation add a new element of uncertainty atop the Ukraine war, an energy crisis and inflation.
Tag: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
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Covid, Flu, RSV: We Know How to Deal With Them. Will We?
We can lower the toll of respiratory viruses for good.
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Deadly Blaze in China Fuels Defiance Against Xi’s Covid Policies
Protests became rare once the government cut off most routes to collective action. But ubiquitous Covid rules, bringing shared suffering, have created a focus for anger.
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Business Travel’s Rebound Is Being Hit by a Slowing Economy
By the early fall, domestic business travel was back up to nearly two-thirds of its prepandemic level. But companies have now begun to cut back.
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Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls
In Shanghai, a crowd chanted calls for China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to step down, a rare act of political defiance reflecting growing public frustration with his “zero Covid” demands.