China secretly closes cities as resistance to ‘zero COVID’ grows

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It’s almost like eating at a restaurant in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where COVID-19 was first detected about 3 years ago. There are few flights from Zhengzhou, home to the country’s largest iPhone factory. And many young people in Shenzhen The Technology Center hasn’t entered a classroom in weeks.

Sweeping closure orders like the one implemented in Shanghai earlier this year have been announced at any of those venues, yet people, businesses and entertainment venues function as if they are in place.

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