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    COVID protests lay bare the contradictions of Chinese capitalism

    The principal contradiction in China is between capitalism and the markets on the one hand and a Stalinist state on the other

    Manas Chakravarty
    November 29, 2022 / 09:00 IST
    On November 24, people in eight districts of Zhengzhou with a total of 6.6 million residents were told to stay home for five days. Daily mass testing was ordered in what the city government called a “war of annihilation” against the virus. (Image: AP)
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