Beijing: Shanghai China’s largest city is set to allow in-person dining and reopen its Disney Resort theme parks, as domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 remain at zero after more than two months of lockdown. Moving on.
Chinese officials lauded its tough “zero-COVID” policy to stem a surge of virus cases and deaths, despite the huge cost to the Chinese economy and international supply chains that depend on China’s manufacturing and shipping capabilities.
China has repeatedly defended the policy and there are indications it will maintain “zero-Covid” at least until the spring of 2023, when President Xi Jinping Head of the world’s second-largest economy and an emerging competitor to the United States in the Indo-Pacific region is expected to set for a third five-year term.
In remarks made by the officer xinhua news agencyXi said on Wednesday that China’s policies against the virus “protected people’s lives and health to a great extent.”
Xi was speaking during a visit to the central city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected in 2019, before the outbreak of a pandemic that has killed more than 6.3 million people worldwide, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University in the United States. It was found out in the end. ,
“If China had adopted a ‘herd immunity’ policy or a hands-off approach, given its large population, the country would have faced dire consequences,” Xinhua has Quoting Xi.
According to Xinhua news agency, Xi said, “Even if there are some temporary effects on the economy, we will not harm people’s lives and health, and we should especially protect the elderly and children.” should.”
Having so closely associated himself with “zero-Covid”, any withdrawal by Xi will be seen as a political obligation as he seeks to ensure his control over domestic power and influence abroad.
Xi was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency that China’s tough stance, which includes lockdowns on hundreds of millions of people, mass investigations costing billions of dollars and quarantines that have saved thousands of lives, are the most economical and effective.
Xi warned against “any tendency to undermine security, become battle-weary, or slow down prevention and control efforts.”
Despite the easing of restrictions, a negative test result on your mobile phone is still required for access to most public places in Shanghai and other cities.
Shanghai resident Amber Liu said she had long hoped to leave the city for Chinese vacation destinations, such as the tropical island beaches of Sanya or the mountains and deserts of Yunnan and Xinjiang. He said the quarantine restrictions still made it difficult, if not impossible.
“It’s a difficult kind of normalcy,” Liu said. “I feel like life is real now. It seems there is still a long way to go before a full recovery. … Everyone has resigned from the situation.”
Chinese officials lauded its tough “zero-COVID” policy to stem a surge of virus cases and deaths, despite the huge cost to the Chinese economy and international supply chains that depend on China’s manufacturing and shipping capabilities.
China has repeatedly defended the policy and there are indications it will maintain “zero-Covid” at least until the spring of 2023, when President Xi Jinping Head of the world’s second-largest economy and an emerging competitor to the United States in the Indo-Pacific region is expected to set for a third five-year term.
In remarks made by the officer xinhua news agencyXi said on Wednesday that China’s policies against the virus “protected people’s lives and health to a great extent.”
Xi was speaking during a visit to the central city of Wuhan, where the virus was first detected in 2019, before the outbreak of a pandemic that has killed more than 6.3 million people worldwide, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University in the United States. It was found out in the end. ,
“If China had adopted a ‘herd immunity’ policy or a hands-off approach, given its large population, the country would have faced dire consequences,” Xinhua has Quoting Xi.
According to Xinhua news agency, Xi said, “Even if there are some temporary effects on the economy, we will not harm people’s lives and health, and we should especially protect the elderly and children.” should.”
Having so closely associated himself with “zero-Covid”, any withdrawal by Xi will be seen as a political obligation as he seeks to ensure his control over domestic power and influence abroad.
Xi was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency that China’s tough stance, which includes lockdowns on hundreds of millions of people, mass investigations costing billions of dollars and quarantines that have saved thousands of lives, are the most economical and effective.
Xi warned against “any tendency to undermine security, become battle-weary, or slow down prevention and control efforts.”
Despite the easing of restrictions, a negative test result on your mobile phone is still required for access to most public places in Shanghai and other cities.
Shanghai resident Amber Liu said she had long hoped to leave the city for Chinese vacation destinations, such as the tropical island beaches of Sanya or the mountains and deserts of Yunnan and Xinjiang. He said the quarantine restrictions still made it difficult, if not impossible.
“It’s a difficult kind of normalcy,” Liu said. “I feel like life is real now. It seems there is still a long way to go before a full recovery. … Everyone has resigned from the situation.”