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Shanghai lockdown

How the city鈥檚 strict covid measures changed China鈥檚 commercial capital.

After two months of a gruelling strict lockdown, Shanghai has emerged a changed city, some residents say. During the 65 toughest days, some were reduced to begging for food and pleading for access to their young children from whom they鈥檇 been separated. The regime wasn鈥檛 just brutal, some claim, it was largely fruitless, as the omicron strain of Covid continues to spread now. What鈥檚 more the economic fallout for China鈥檚 commercial capital, and key supply chains across the country and internationally, are only gradually becoming apparent. What鈥檚 the legacy of Shanghai鈥檚 zero-Covid experiment?

Producer and Presenter Ed Butler
Studio mix by Neil Churchill
Production coordinators Iona Hammond and Gemma Ashman
Editor Penny Murphy

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