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Why Shanghai is back in lockdown
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
As Shanghai enters the fourth week of the world’s strictest Covid lockdown, residents are running out of food, medicine and patience – and there’s no end in sight. Meanwhile Beijing has begun mass testing and ordered its nearly 22 million residents to remain in the city. Should China rethink its Covid strategy?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guests:- Didi Tang, Beijing correspondent, The Times.- Ian Mote, British banker living in Shanghai.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: BBC, NBC, CBS, PBS, WION, ABC News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Apr 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Bonus episode: You must stay at home: As strict new restrictions on daily life are announced by Boris Johnson we ask: what does it say about his leadership? Guests: Daniel Finkelstein and Matthew Parris, Times columnistsHost: Manveen Rana by The Story