Smaller businesses and the public have been hit particularly hard by the economic fallout from the pandemic in China, according to a number of leading economists. Photo: Bloomberg
Smaller businesses and the public have been hit particularly hard by the economic fallout from the pandemic in China, according to a number of leading economists. Photo: Bloomberg
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Ease China’s Covid controls to revive economy, cope with US pressure: economists

  • Six leading figures call for end to excessive travel curbs and opening of commercial areas
  • Development is the key to countering pressure from the United States, they say

Amber Wang
Amber Wang in Beijing

Updated: 2:00pm, 4 Dec, 2022

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Smaller businesses and the public have been hit particularly hard by the economic fallout from the pandemic in China, according to a number of leading economists. Photo: Bloomberg
Smaller businesses and the public have been hit particularly hard by the economic fallout from the pandemic in China, according to a number of leading economists. Photo: Bloomberg
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