China’s Abrupt Reversal of ‘Zero Covid’

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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For nearly three years, China had one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in the world, thanks to its strict yet effective “zero Covid” approach. But last month, the government suddenly abandoned the policy. Since then, there have been millions of coronavirus cases across the country. Guest: Alexandra Stevenson, the Shanghai bureau chief for The New York Times.

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0:26.1	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi and this is The Daily.
0:37.5	For nearly three years, China had one of the lowest COVID death rates in the world thanks
0:46.0	to its strict but effective policy of zero COVID.
0:50.2	Last month, the Chinese government suddenly abandoned it.
0:54.2	Today, my colleague, Alexandra Stevenson, on the stunning about face and what it tells
1:00.0	us about China's leadership.
1:07.0	It's Tuesday, January 17th.
1:15.5	So Alex, the last time we talked about China on the show, it was after the mass protests
1:20.7	in November and they were the biggest in decades and they were sparked by this fury people
1:26.5	had at China's COVID lockdown measures.
1:30.7	But then over the holidays, I was reading all of these headlines about this giant spike
1:35.8	in COVID cases.
1:37.5	So I want to ask you what is happening right now in China?
1:42.1	Tell me what's going on.
1:43.7	Well, what we've seen is an incredible spike in COVID cases, millions of cases in cities,
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