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1–2 Million COVID Deaths Likely in China

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1–2 Million COVID Deaths Likely in China
People receive medical attention in a fever clinic area in a hospital in the Changning district in Shanghai on Dec. 23, 2022 - China is battling a wave of coronavirus infections that has hit the elderly hard but resulted in only a handful of reported deaths after Beijing redefined the criteria by which COVID fatalities are counted. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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China’s dam against COVID-19 has broken. Beijing canceled lockdowns precipitously, and the resulting tidal wave of infections is inundating the country.

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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