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China's Zero-Covid Trap

Stephen McDonell travels across China and meets people struggling to stay afloat with their country showing no signs of abandoning its 'zero-covid' policy.

In recent weeks, tens of millions of people in China have again been confined to their homes in coronavirus lockdowns. This is not without political risk, especially in the run-up to the twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress. BBC China Correspondent Stephen McDonell travels across the country and meets people struggling to stay afloat, with their country showing no signs of abandoning its 'zero-covid' policy.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Sep 202201:30GMT

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  • Sat 24 Sep 202203:30GMT
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