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In mid-March, China reimposed COVID-19 restrictions on two of its largest cities — Shenzhen and Shanghai — in response to growing case numbers of the Omicron and Delta variants in the country. At the time, city officials stopped short of ordering a full-fledged lockdown by restricting intercity bus services and barred citizens from leaving either Shenzhen or Shanghai unless it was “deemed necessary,” and persons seeking to travel presented a negative PCR test to local government emissaries. Towards the end of March, Shanghai , a crucial financial and economic hub in China and the country’s largest city, began a phased...
