Rumors that China might loosen its strict 'zero-COVID' policy pushed up stock markets in China and brought a little hope that life in the country might return to something resembling normal late last week.
A worker in protective gear guards an entrance to a neighborhood placed under lockdown due to COVID-19 in Shanghai, China, November 7, 2022.A 55-year-old woman from Inner Mongolia who was struggling with anxiety disorder died last Friday after she jumped from her apartment, which was under lockdown after just two cases were reported in the building.
Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes 70% of Apple's popular iPhone products, recently had a cluster of COVID-19 cases among the roughly 200,000 workers at its plant in central China's Zhengzhou province.
Data published on Monday showed China's exports and imports had both contracted unexpectedly in October for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.
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