Davos 2023Will China's reopening save the global economy? Davos debates
End of zero-COVID seen as a plus in the short term, but doubts remain
Travelers crowd a railways station in Shanghai ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, when Chinese will move about the country without COVID-19-related restrictions. © Reuters
KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent
January 20, 2023 06:57 JST
DAVOS, Switzerland -- China's abrupt reversal of its stringent zero-COVID policy and its implications for the global economy produced a mixture of optimism and caution here as participants at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting weighed in on the outlook.