China’s zero-Covid policy: Xian takes stock as 3rd lockdown week looms

The only way Amelia Wang has been able to leave her college dormitory in nearly three weeks is by volunteering at the Covid-19 testing centre on campus.The final-year undergraduate student, like everyone else in Xian, was placed under lockdown on December 23 as the city rushed to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak.Wang, 23, was astonished to learn about the outbreak in the northwestern city of 13 million.“Xian did such a good job of hosting the National Games back in September. Since then,…

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