Living in China and reporting on the country's pandemic travails for the last two and a half years, I thought I was already very familiar with its severe Covid policies.
Then in May, on my way back after my first visit to Singapore in two years, I tested positive for Covid-19 at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
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