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Shares of several Chinese stocks including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), NIO Inc (NYSE: NIO) and Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) are trading lower Monday amid a COVID-19 outbreak in the country which has caused some business operations to cease. Major Chinese cities.
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