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How Covid changed Hong Kong: vaccine politics, dining disruption, economic shock

Inside China

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COVID: Hong Kong's Year of Fire and Water

Nearly 10,000 people died when the Omicron wave arrived in Hong Kong. Nearly all of them were unfaccinated. The reasons for why they died are nearly as complex as the political situation we witnessed in 2019. Jeffy Lam leads the political reporting team on the city desk here at the South China Morning Post and is the co-author of the book Rebel City,. Hong Kong's Year of Fire and Water.

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