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China Covid lockdowns shut delivery workers out of their homes
China Covid lockdowns shut delivery workers out of their homes
by  AFP

Overworked, underpaid and thoroughly fed up, Wang's troubles deepened even further when authorities abruptly locked down the delivery driver's Beijing apartment block earlier this month. "Lots of delivery guys don't have anywhere to live at the moment," he told AFP outside a deserted office block on a cold winter afternoon last week.

Asian markets, crude drop on China Covid unrest
Asian markets, crude drop on China Covid unrest
by  AFP

Stocks and oil prices sank Monday on concerns about protests across China at the government's hardline zero-Covid policy, fuelling uncertainty in the world's number two economy. The prospect of a hit to demand in the world's biggest crude importer hammered oil prices, with both main contracts down more than two percent.

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