The United States’ ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, said on Thursday he expects Beijing’s “zero COVID” policy to persist into early 2023, and that US businesses were reluctant to invest in the country until restrictions ease.
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“I think we’re going to have to live with this for a long time,” Mr. Burns told an online Brookings Institution event. “I think there’s a hesitancy to invest in future obligations until they can see the end of this,” Mr. Burns said of US companies. Mr. Burns criticized Beijing for censoring oChinese social media Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s May speech on US policy toward China, in which he said Washington expected Beijing to adhere to international rules.
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