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Shanghai’s struggles to contain the current Covid-19 outbreak and get back to normal have not only greatly embarrassed the city’s leaders but have also cast a shadow over their prospects ahead of a major shake-up of the Chinese Communist Party leadership. The country’s financial capital has been in effective citywide lockdown for almost three weeks, causing serious disruption to its 25 million residents and the economy. The latest wave of infections in Shanghai – with 270,000 recorded since March 1 – was the most serious in the country since the disease first emerged in Wuhan two years ago. In spite...
