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The Intelligence from The Economist

Zero's intolerance: Shanghai’s messy lockdown

The Intelligence from The Economist

The Economist

Global News, Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

China’s zero-covid policy is being stretched to breaking point as the virus makes its way through the city. Supplies are low, residents are angry and there is no end in sight. The debate about air conditioning in America’s sweltering prisons will only heat up further. And how a dispute about time from exactly a century ago remains timely today. Additional audio provided courtesy of Matthew Florianz. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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The American Supreme Court said that the Constitution doesn't mandate comfortable prisons.

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But a non-air conditioned prison in the American South during the summer, the line between

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And an encounter that happened a century ago today has influenced how science and the

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