China’s economy will rebound. But for how long?
A falling population and the political scars from its zero Covid policy present warning signs for China.
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Covid-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, which caused a global pandemic from early 2020, necessitating national lockdowns and a huge vaccination programme. Read all of our latest coverage below.
Andrew Bridgen isn’t the only conspiracy theorist when it comes to the NHS
When things go wrong, we are all primed to go looking for someone to blame.
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Andrew Bridgen is the sign of a new conspiracist conservatism
It’s vital for the persecution complex of a modern right that has lost the zeitgeist.
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Austria’s flailing mainstream parties are boosting the far right
Surging inflation and immigration anxieties are benefiting the country’s Freedom Party once again.
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Inside China’s Covid crisis
Cases have surged as China ends its strict lockdowns, while a Ukraine missile attack on New Year’s Day kills dozens…
What China’s devastating Covid outbreak means for the rest of the world
The true scale of the country’s current wave and the failures of its “zero Covid” policy pose a threat to…
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In January, I made ten predictions for 2022 – how did they turn out?
The New Statesman’s Writer-at-Large reviews what he got right and wrong about the past year.
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Covid has killed the snow day
When children and adults can work from home, snow loses its magic.
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China is lifting “zero Covid” controls. What happens next could be devastating
The Chinese government has had almost three years to prepare for the end of its strict rules. It has failed…
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Why do I keep getting ill?
In less than three months I’d taken as many days off work due to illness as I had in the…
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Is this the beginning of the end for China’s zero-Covid policy?
The government has announced it will “optimise” its Covid response.
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What do China’s lockdown protests mean for Xi Jinping?
The demonstrations haven’t yet threatened the president’s power – but that they happened is still remarkable.
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Covid cases in China are surging once more
The country’s “zero-Covid” policy has failed to contain the spread and is leading to anti-government protests.
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Life under Covid lockdown in Shanghai
Demands for the country’s “zero Covid” policy to be eased have been building for months.
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The pandemic was a communal trauma, and we need culture to help us process it
I loathed the idea of lockdown novels or TV. In its own tragicomic way I’m a Celebrity has changed my…
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Behind the collapse of Made.com
The furniture retailer was seduced by post-pandemic optimism. Other companies should take note.
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Prices are rising – and so is insurance fraud
A trend that began at the beginning of the pandemic has accelerated as the cost-of-living rises.
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The scourge of Long Covid
More than half a million Britons have had the post-Covid condition for more than two years.
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The Policy Ask with Philip Banfield: “Health is the responsibility of all government departments”
The chair of the British Medical Association UK council on the politics of healthcare and the virtues of Clement Attlee.
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Antimicrobial resistance will be “as serious as Covid-19”
Experts warn that scientists and doctors are poorly prepared for the effects of drug-resistant bacteria.
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