Shanghai lockdown

Published: July 21, 2022, 1:40 a.m.

After two months of a gruelling strict lockdown, Shanghai has emerged a changed city, some residents say. During the 65 toughest days, some were reduced to begging for food and pleading for access to their young children from whom they\u2019d been separated. The regime wasn\u2019t just brutal, some claim, it was largely fruitless, as the omicron strain of Covid continues to spread now. What\u2019s more the economic fallout for China\u2019s commercial capital, and key supply chains across the country and internationally, are only gradually becoming apparent. What\u2019s the legacy of Shanghai\u2019s zero-Covid experiment?

Producer and Presenter Ed Butler\nStudio mix by Neil Churchill \nProduction coordinators Iona Hammond and Gemma Ashman\nEditor Penny Murphy