China’s long-running draconian Covid-containment policies are rapidly morphing into a chaotic mix of loosenings and tightenings, confusing residents, policy experts, and markets.
Last month at the Communist Party’s annual gathering, leader Xi Jinping reiterated firm commitment to the country’s nearly three-year-long zero-Covid policy, which often imposes citywide lockdowns, centralized quarantines, and mass testing. The policy, along with a feeble property market that is only worsening, has crushed China’s economy this year.

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