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China’s COVID generation: the surging inequality behind Xi’s u-turn

19 mins | Jan 9, 2023
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Relentless lockdowns across China have upended the education of millions, resulting in an all-but-lost "COVID generation". Edward White and Eleanor Olcott discuss how the pandemic exacerbated global educational inequalities through the story of one fifteen-year-old student.

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