We're Going to Have a Few Moments to Come

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China has at last been easing some of its zero-covid rules and procedures. This apparent policy shift follows widespread protests that were comprehensively reported by the world media. If you watch the evening news in China, the world looks very different. David Renney is our Beijing bureau chief. We're going to have a few moments to come.

The enforcers of the hardliners’ mores may have been disbanded; it is hard to know if the regime is bending to protesters or sowing confusion. Either way the disquiet looks set to continue. We take a look at China’s widely watched nightly news and the narrative it hopes to promulgate. And why women are suddenly flooding into America’s funeral-services industry. Help us make the show better: take our listener survey at http://economist.com/intelligencesurvey For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer