{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/63b81ba5a8a1ca0010cca155?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"China's Covid gamble","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1659027691161-ec0984c30a499cf38724279c0daaeb82.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A month after the Chinese government announced an abrupt end to its “zero-Covid” policy, lifting virtually all the restrictions its citizens had been living under for three years, the country is now experiencing a huge wave of infections. With Chinese New Year approaching, can the country’s already stretched health system cope? And what will the coming weeks hold for the Chinese people?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: </em><a href=\"thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>. </em></p><p><strong>Guest</strong>: Didi Tang, Beijing Correspondent, The Times.</p><p><strong>Host</strong>: Manveen Rana.</p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> BBC News, Global National, CBS News, 9 News Australia, CNA, Reuters, NBC News.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Times"}