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China's "zero-COVID" restrictions could weigh on world growth by prolonging supply chain disruptions and global inflationary pressures, a Bank of Japan policymaker said on Wednesday.
The remark follows a warning last month by International Monetary Fund head Kristalina Georgieva that China should reassess its zero-COVID approach to the pandemic given the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
"China's economy is the world's market and factory," BOJ board member Toyoaki Nakamura said in a speech.
"There's a risk its 'zero-COVID' policy amid widening Omicron infections could weigh on the global economy, as well as prolong global supply chain disruptions and
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