BEIJING: Although China is claiming success in its battle against the coronavirus, millions have lost their jobs in the economic fallout, throwing into jeopardy an ambitious target to eradicate poverty this year.

Han Chuqi (right), head of the Nawon Machinery Co. Ltd., examines the quality of the bands for protective clothes at the workshop of the company in Jimo District of Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province on Saturday. XINHUA

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