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China’s economic growth under threat as virus takes hold
5 years agoHealth workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) cross a checkpoint during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district of Shanghai on April 16, 2022. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
The mounting cost of China's zero-Covid policy threatens to derail Beijing's ambitious GDP target, analysts say, as supply chains snarl, ports face delays and Shanghai remains mired in lockdown.