China
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World
Your Monday Briefing: The Social Cost of ‘Zero Covid’
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
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News
A Powerful Display of Dissent in China
It is too early to tell whether the remarkable protests across China against the government’s strict “dynamic zero Covid” policy…
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Finance
Defaults Loom as Poor Countries Face an Economic Storm
Debt-relief efforts are stalling as developing economies are being hit by higher interest rates, a strong dollar and slowing global…
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Health
As Officials Ease Covid Restrictions, China Faces New Pandemic Risks
Huge swaths of the nation’s elderly remain vulnerable, scientists say, and a surge in deaths and hospitalizations may be inevitable.
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News
China Has an Extraordinary Covid-19 Dilemma
More than one in six people on the planet live in China. That’s 1.4 billion people who have spent the…
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World
After Mass Protests, China Appears to Back Away From Harsh Covid Rules
Several cities announced the easing of lockdown regulations and testing requirements after the country’s biggest demonstrations in decades.
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News
Xi Broke the Social Contract That Helped China Prosper
The protests in China against the government’s draconian Covid controls have been compared to those in 1989, when students demonstrated…
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World
Your Thursday Briefing
A torrent of protest videos is testing the limits of China’s censorship apparatus.
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World
Your Thursday Briefing: Jiang Zemin Dies
Plus China’s censors struggle to keep up with protests.
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World
NATO Nations Grow More Receptive to U.S. Pleas to Confront China
After the pain of an energy crisis brought on by the Ukraine war, Europe is keen to reduce its strategic…