Streets in Beijing were busier on Monday as residents in two districts were allowed to return to work, while Shanghai inched closer towards lifting its two-month-old COVID-19 lockdown from Wednesday, as the number of infections across China dropped. China is alone among major countries in pursuing an uncompromising “zero COVID” policy aiming at eradicating outbreaks at just about any cost, while most of the world tries to co-exist with the virus. China reports daily new cases in the hundreds compared with many Western nations which report tens of thousands of new COVID cases each day. The tough COVID curbs, and especially the strict lockdown on China’s most populous city, have pummelled the world’s second-largest economy, disrupting global supply chains and […]