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Covid restrictions return to Beijing

Beijing has reinstated some coronavirus restrictions following an outbreak of Covid-19 in China's capital. It comes little more than a week after some curbs were eased.

Beijing has reinstated some coronavirus restrictions following an outbreak of Covid-19 in China's capital. It comes little more than a week after some curbs, including those on indoor dining, were eased. We look at the economic impact of China's 'zero Covid' policy in Beijing itself, in the country as a whole and on a global scale.

Elsewhere, the Africa CEO Forum gets underway in Abidjan on the Ivory Coast. Around 2,000 business leaders, investors and policy makers from all over Africa gather to discuss ways that the private sector can help further develop the continent.

We also hear from India, where bidding has begun for broadcasting rights to the highly lucrative Indian Premier League cricket competition.

(Image: woman looking through window with mask, Beijing. Credit: Getty Images)

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Mon 13 Jun 2022 14:32GMT

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