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Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan had been in Shanghai for more than a week to oversee the anti-pandemic fight, as China’s top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said the city was “ unprepared ” for the latest outbreak.
Discussions allow both sides to be frank while reaffirming shared views including concern over China’s rising assertiveness, say analysts.
Discussions allow both sides to be frank while reaffirming shared views including concern over China’s rising assertiveness, say analysts.
She also said that unvaccinated students would be barred from so-called non-academic subjects when face-to-face classes resume.
It was Lam’s misfortune to preside over the decline of the city as a global hub, but far greater forces, both domestic and international, were entirely out of her control, against which she tried to preserve a modicum of normality for the people of Hong Kong.