Lockdown jitters hit Beijing as Shanghai virus deaths climb - The Australian Financial Review

Worries that the country’s strict adherence to a ‘COVID-19 zero’ policy will further damage the economy dragged down stocks to oil and iron ore.

China has repeatedly defended COVID-19 zero, saying the policy saves lives and keeps the economy going, even as the strategy increasingly darkens the countrys growth outlook and threatens to disrupt … [+2615 chars]

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