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RARE PHOTOS: Factbox china s zero covid policy in numbers | Rare Historical Photos

FILE PHOTO: People line up for nucleic acid testing at a site behind barricades marking an area under lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chaoyang district of Beijing, China April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Suen

China is facing the biggest test yet of its draconian approach to COVID-19, with a lockdown for most people in Shanghai for more than a month crippling the commercial capital and Beijing scrambling to contain an outbreak and avert a similar crisis.

As most other countries in the world are learning to live with the virus, China's "dynamic COVID-zero" policy is taking a heavy toll on economic growth, posing significant challenges for companies and causing fatigue and frustration among residents.

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