China’s Lunar New Year travel rush begins amid a surge of COVID-19 in the country and fears the virus will spread even faster than it already has. Beijing has suspended social accounts of vocal critics, while new cases of subvariant XBB.1.5 are still spiking in the U.S., raising questions about what comes next for Canada. Touria Izri explains.
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