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Soaring Covid cases shine light on China's healthcare gap

Visits by AFP journalists in the past two weeks have revealed sharp differences in demand for urban and rural hospitals
Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an unprecedented Covid wave -- an illustration of the stark disparities in the country's healthcare system.
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A man on a bicycle stands in front of an electronic board showing Shanghai stock index, Nikkei share price index and  Dow Jones Industrial Average outside a brokerage in Tokyo

Stocks stall as firm Fed reins in China rally

Wall Street was set to tap the brakes on Thursday as upbeat jobs data after a firm message from the Fed that it won't be cutting interest rates any time soon offset China's latest reopening plans.
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