Videos posted on social media showed people overturning a police vehicle in Haizhu district late Monday. “It was pretty tense out there last night. Everyone made sure their doors were locked,” said a Guangzhou resident who goes by the name Chet and lives about a kilometer from where the protest took place. On Tuesday, China reported 17,772 new cases on Monday, up from 16,072 a day earlier and the most since April.
Haizhu accounts for the bulk of Guangzhou’s Covid-19 cases
Guangzhou itself accounted for more than 5,000 new infections on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from other provinces are employed in the textile industry in the Haizhu region and have complained about the harsh lockdowns. Officials announced the first emergency lockdown there in late October, targeting dozens of residential neighborhoods. And on Monday, a lockdown order covering nearly two-thirds of the region was extended until Wednesday night.
China adheres to the policy of zero COVID-19
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China’s zero covid policy
China continues to follow a strict zero-Covid strategy with lockdowns, daily mass testing, strict controls, contact tracing and forced quarantine. Chinese consumer spending contracted in October and factory activity weakened, according to government data. Retail sales fell 0.5% from a year earlier, after expanding 2.5% in September, as millions of people were confined to their homes. On Tuesday, The People’s Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party, said in an editorial that China must “unwaveringly implement” the zero-Covid policy. Local party leaders are under enormous pressure to contain new cases. lo/aw (AP. dpa, Reuters)
title: “China S Covid Restrictions Spark Unrest In Guangzhou Dw 15 11 2022 " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-05” author: “Grant Miller”
Videos posted on social media showed people overturning a police vehicle in Haizhu district late Monday. “It was pretty tense out there last night. Everyone made sure their doors were locked,” said a Guangzhou resident who goes by the name Chet and lives about a kilometer from where the protest took place. On Tuesday, China reported 17,772 new cases on Monday, up from 16,072 a day earlier and the most since April.
Haizhu accounts for the bulk of Guangzhou’s Covid-19 cases
Guangzhou itself accounted for more than 5,000 new infections on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from other provinces are employed in the textile industry in the Haizhu region and have complained about the harsh lockdowns. Officials announced the first emergency lockdown there in late October, targeting dozens of residential neighborhoods. And on Monday, a lockdown order covering nearly two-thirds of the region was extended until Wednesday night.
China adheres to the policy of zero COVID-19
To view this video, please enable JavaScript and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
China’s zero covid policy
China continues to follow a strict zero-Covid strategy with lockdowns, daily mass testing, strict controls, contact tracing and forced quarantine. Chinese consumer spending contracted in October and factory activity weakened, according to government data. Retail sales fell 0.5% from a year earlier, after expanding 2.5% in September, as millions of people were confined to their homes. On Tuesday, The People’s Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party, said in an editorial that China must “unwaveringly implement” the zero-Covid policy. Local party leaders are under enormous pressure to contain new cases. lo/aw (AP. dpa, Reuters)
