Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.
Tag: Quarantines
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China’s Covid Lockdown Outrage Tests Limits of Propaganda
Public anger and grief over the bungled lockdown in Shanghai is creating a credibility crisis for the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, and his zero Covid policies.
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China’s Covid Strategy: Test 20 Million in Beijing Amid Lockdown Fears
China’s capital reported 22 cases as it kicked off an ambitious mandatory testing campaign across the city and reassured residents that food and other supplies were plentiful.
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Covid Outbreak in Beijing Prompts Panic Buying and Fears of a Lockdown
Supermarkets stocked up as long lines formed. The Chinese authorities ordered mass testing to contain a rising number of coronavirus cases in an affluent district of the capital.
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New York Had an ‘Epidemic of Loneliness.’ Covid Made It Worse.
Changes in technology, work and the pace of life are damaging not just our emotional health, but also our physical health and life expectancy.