Why China won't relent on its 'zero COVID' strategy

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In Shanghai, the long near total lockdown has meant empty streets, food insecurity, and rising anger and dissent. So why is China still pursing its iron clad COVID-zero strategy? Don Weinland, Dr. Yangyang Cheng and Yanzhong Huang join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:19.5	This is on point.
0:20.7	I'm Megna Chakrabardi.
0:22.3	We need to eat.
0:34.5	We need to work.
0:36.1	We demand the right to know.
0:38.2	We demand freedom.
0:41.0	Those are some voices of citizens of China's great metropolis, Shanghai, breaking COVID lockdown
0:46.9	rules and gathering in the street to protest.
0:51.0	Shanghai's population of 25 million has been ordered to stay at home since the government
0:56.1	imposed the lockdown at the end of March.
0:59.7	Some 46 cities across China are under full or partial lockdown, affecting the lives
1:04.7	of more than 343 million people.
1:09.8	That's about exactly the same size as the United States.
1:13.5	It's all part of China's COVID-0 policy.
1:17.5	As infections keep popping up, the government keeps clamping down.
1:21.8	Other countries have tried COVID-0 programs, New Zealand, Taiwan, Vietnam, others.
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