China to 'optimize' epidemic control in potential switch from 'Zero-COVID' policies
The world's second-largest economy suffered a broad slowdown in October and the recent spike in COVID cases has deepened concerns about growth.
A resident gets tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) behind barriers of a sealed area, amid new lockdown measures in parts of the city to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China June 9, 2022.(photo credit: ALY SONG/REUTERS)
