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Guangzhou a 'ghost city', workers flee Foxconn iPhone factory; China’s zero-Covid paradox

Inside China

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In just under four weeks time, you are going to be reading, seeing, and hearing about an anniversary no one wants to celebrate. December the 9th, 2019 is a date the WHO has listed as the first official case of the coronavirus that spread from Wuhan. Mimi Lau: Beijing is at the point where it names and shames local governments of cities for not doing enough to control new COVID outbreaks. But she says they're also too tough on people who much like you have had enough of this pandemic.

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