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Performances were suspended at one of Beijing’s oldest and most famous theaters due to a new wave of store and restaurant closures in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the Chinese capital.
The Jixiang Theater in the grocery shopping district of downtown Wangfujing, originally built in 1906 and recently moved to its existing location on the 8th floor of a grocery shopping mall that also houses department stores and a fast food restaurant. He is known for his performances of Peking opera. and other classical art forms.
Performances were scheduled to resume on Nov. 27, but reopening dates have been extended.
China reported 24,263 new cases on Saturday, 515 in Beijing. La vast majority were asymptomatic.
Despite this, lockdowns and other strict measures have been put in place across the country, with many Beijing citizens sending out notices advising them not to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary.
Restaurants, grocery malls and department stores deemed non-essential have been closed, and pedestrian traffic has been particularly reduced in those that remain open. The detection of a case of singleness or even close contact with an inflamed user can force the closure of a building or an entire construction.
On Wednesday, access to Beijing University’s elite was suspended. People who visited a vegetable market in the southeast of the city where a case was discovered were quarantined in a hotel on their own.
The southern city of Guangzhou plans to build quarantine services for about 250,000 people. Guangzhou, a city of thirteen million people, is the largest of a series of hotspots across China with outbreaks since early October.
The number of infections in China is low compared to the United States and other major countries, but the ruling Communist Party seeks to isolate each and every case as part of its “zero-COVID” policy.
Repeated closures of neighborhoods and businesses are fueling public frustration and clashes with fitness workers.
The policy is also causing significant damage to the global economy and supply chains. Access to a shopping area in Zhengzhou that houses the world’s largest iPhone factory was suspended this month following outbreaks. Apple Inc. said deliveries of its new iPhone 14-style would be delayed after staff fled. The local government has called in low-level party officials and even army recruits to fill their posts, according to reports.
The harsh measures come even as the national government tries to reduce the effect of disease controls that have confined millions of people to their homes, generating mixed messages and increasing confusion and anger.
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