The Xi dilemma: China's instability and a zero-COVID trap :

China's strict zero-COVID policy is an edict from the top of the country's political leadership, forcing lockdowns, quarantines, tests and travel bans on 1.4 billion people for almost three years. Anger over those measures is now driving protests.

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