China struggles in search for safe zero-COVID exit

Stringent rules weigh on economy but analysts warn of mass outbreaks

SHIN WATANABE and TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writers

DALIAN, China/BEIJING -- The public backlash against China's stringent zero-COVID approach leaves Beijing with the question of how to walk back a major policy without threatening President Xi Jinping's credibility or risking a potentially deadly mass outbreak.

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