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By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI / BEIJING -Beijing denied it was heading for lockdown as panic buying gripped the capital on Thursday, while Shanghai combed the city for lingering COVID -19 cases in the hope of clearing the way to escape from weeks of painful restrictions. Daily cases in Beijing have remained in the dozens, a tiny fraction of the outbreak in Shanghai and what other cities around the world now shrug off as they look to “live with the virus”. But with gradually tightening curbs in China’s capital – most recently suspending taxi services in some...
