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What's the impact of the Shanghai lockdown?

Published: April 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

What will the social and economic costs be of China's full-scale lockdown of Shanghai? David Aaronovitch examines the problems with the country's vaccination programme.

Joining David in the briefing room are:

Robin Brant, BBC Correspondent based in Shanghai\nVincent Ni, China Affairs correspondent for The Guardian\nProfessor Nancy Qian, Northwestern University\nDr Yu Jie, senior research fellow on China in the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House\nGeorge Magnus, economist and research associate at Oxford University\u2019s China Centre.

Producers: Rosamund Jones, Kirsteen Knight and Ben Carter\nProduction Co-ordinator: Siobhan Reed\nStudio Manager: Neil Churchill\nEditor: Richard Vadon