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A pick-up in demand from countries reopening from pandemic lockdowns helped boost China's exports last year

China Exports Surge In 2021 As Global Demand Picks Up

The world's second-biggest economy saw a quick rebound from the coronavirus in the past two years -- after cases first surfaced in a central city in late 2019 -- allowing factories to operate and feed the global appetite for electronics and medical supplies.
Empty shelves are pictured at a Giant grocery store in Bethesda, Maryland on January 13, 2021, a consequence of both the Omicron variant and a recent snow storm

Supermarket Shelves Go Bare As Omicron Disrupts US

Shortages have been a recurring feature of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S., with a run on toilet paper marking its early days, but a wider range of items have gone out of stock lately, particularly in areas struck by bad winter weather like snowstorms.

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