Next China: No Clear Exit
Outside a unit under lockdown in Beijing.
Photographer: Noel Celis/AFPIt didn’t take long for initial optimism about a possible early exit for China from Covid Zero to come to an end.
Barely two weeks after President Xi Jinping’s government announced the most significant easing measures since the start of the pandemic, local authorities are still grappling with how to combat the virus as new infections hit record highs and deaths occur.