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Beijing: The United States on Saturday warned of “arbitrary” COVID-19 measures in China and said it would let some employees leave its Shanghai consulate amid a surge of infections in the shut-down megacity. As of March, China had kept cases low with snap lockdowns, massive testing and travel restrictions, but Shanghai has reported more than 100,000 cases since March in a test of the country’s strict zero-Covid policy. The city’s nearly 25 million residents were laid off in phases last week, leading to complaints of food shortages and videos of disgruntled residents scuffles with officials. A US Embassy spokesperson said...
