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https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-factories-restaurants-adjust-to-life-without-zero-covid-11672577001
Following the government’s abrupt policy reversal, cases are rising among workers, customers and suppliers ahead of the Lunar New Year
After three years of “zero-Covid” economic disruption, many Chinese businesses awoke to a happy new reality in December: No more restrictions.
But before they can take advantage, business owners in the world’s second-largest economy say, they have to get their supply chains in order after a topsy-turvy time capped by this abrupt reversal—and withstand a wave of Covid-19 cases sweeping through employee ranks.