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Are protests in Beijing, Shanghai and beyond changing China’s zero-Covid policy?

Inside China

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China's Zero-Covid Policy - What's Next?

Mimi Lau, China correspondent for the South China Morning Post talking to you from our studios here in Hong Kong. Let me start with a recap of what's happened in the past two and a half weeks to give context of how we got here. November 14: Cross of people in southern part of Guangzhou crashed through COVID barriers and clashed with police as they marched down streets. November 22: A violent protest begins a Foxconn's factory in Zhengzhou. Workers at the world's biggest iPhone factory were furious over delays to Bongla's payments and being forced to share dormitories with positive COVID-19 patients. December 1: Beijing has announced it will allow some people who

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