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Mass testing and lockdowns: Inside China’s ‘zero COVID’ policy
The Take
English - May 09, 2022 09:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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While the rest of the world is trying to manage how to live with the coronavirus, China continues with its ‘zero COVID’ policy, forcing people into strict lockdowns. But why is the country keeping itself isolated from the world, and how are people there reacting to the measures?
In this episode:
Katrina YU, Al Jazeera’s China correspondent (@Katmyu) Christian Petersen-Clausen, documentary filmmaker in Shanghai (@chris__pc)This episode was produced by Ney Alvarez, with Amy Walters, Negin Owliaei, Ruby Zaman, Alexandra Locke, and Halla Mohiedden. Alex Roldan is our sound designer, this episode was mixed by Seth Samuel. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
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