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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Jonathan Yerushalmy

Zero-Covid: five charts that show how restrictions are throttling the Chinese economy

A worker welds the joint of a steel product at a factory of Jiangxi
China’s zero-Covid strategy has affected the output of major industries like steel making Photograph: VCG/Getty Images

Protests against pandemic restrictions in China could unleash a new wave of volatility into a global economy already racked by inflation, energy shocks and the war in Ukraine.

The government’s continued reliance on lockdowns, quarantine orders and mass testing to limit the spread of the virus has provoked the biggest protest movement in decades. But there’s little evidence that authorities are willing to diverge from the path they have taken.

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