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China Quarantine Bus Crash Prompts Outcry Over ‘Zero COVID’
By Huizhong Wu
A bus carrying people to a quarantine center overturned, killing 27. The tragedy sparked a new wave of anger about China’s strict COVID policies.
How China Set Its Response to COVID-19 From Crisis to Opportunity
By Flavia Lucenti
The response to COVID-19 contrasts with the CCP’s reaction to previous health crises, when the approach was to downplay the extent of the virus.
Is Xi’s Trip Abroad the Beginning of the End for China’s Zero-COVID Policy?
By Shannon Tiezzi
The desperation of those caught in continued lockdowns is at stark odds with the hopeful signals sent by Xi’s foray abroad.
China’s Chengdu Enforces Strict Lockdown Despite Earthquake
By Associated Press
Even a 6.8 magnitude earthquake wasn’t enough for authorities to allow residents to exit their apartment buildings.
China’s Low-Growth Zero-COVID Policy Signals Transition Away From Reform Period
By Sara Hsu
China’s days of encouraging economic growth at any cost are over.
China’s ‘Zero COVID’ Policy Is Hurting Its Semiconductor Dreams
By Zhenze Huang and Xiuqun Sun
China’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic is hampering strategic efforts to rejuvenate the IC industry.
China’s Political Surveillance System Keeps Growing
By Chauncey Jung
As long feared, China’s COVID-19 measures are being integrated into its architecture of political repression.
China’s Risky Revival of Mao-Era Grassroots Mobilization Methods
By Dan Macklin
Mass mobilization has been key to Beijing’s pandemic strategy, but its continuation is undermining effective governance.
Shanghai Starts Coming Back to Life as COVID Lockdown Eases
By Emily Wang Fujiyama
Even as Shanghai opens again, more than half a million people in the city of 25 million remain under lockdown or in designated control zones.
Is Shanghai’s Lockdown Over?
By John Darwin Van Fleet
Not yet – it’s still life in limbo for many of Shanghai’s residents.
COVID-19 Lockdowns Bring Economic Woes for China
By Dmytro Spilka
China’s stock market woes added to a broader economic downturn in recent weeks, amid tough lockdowns in major cities.
China’s Censors Aim to Contain Dissent During Harsh COVID-19 Lockdowns
By Sarah Cook
Top doctors have been among those silenced for urging a shift away from China's draconian pandemic control strategy.