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More Chinese Cities Locked Down Under Strict ‘Zero-COVID’ Measures

More Chinese Cities Locked Down Under Strict ‘Zero-COVID’ Measures
A cargo ship loaded with containers berthing at a port in Haikou in China's southern Hainan province on May 17, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Alex Wu
8/14/2022|Updated: 8/16/2022
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China has put several more of its cities and tens of millions of residents under new lockdowns, including the world’s largest wholesale hub and port cities. Many travelers are now stranded and struggling for food, production orders have been canceled, and businesses are closing because of the Chinese regime’s strict “zero-COVID” measures.

According to Chinese media, since early August, a new wave of COVID-19 has swept through 25 of China’s 31 provinces, spanning from the southernmost Hainan Province to the Xinjiang region and Tibet in the west.

World’s Largest Wholesale Hub Under Full Lockdown

Yiwu city in the eastern Zhejiang Province, which is the world’s largest wholesale hub, has been under a partial lockdown since early August, when new cases caused by the more infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 were reported. On Aug. 11, authorities put the city in a three-day full lockdown, using the more than 500 reported cases as justification for the measure.
Alex Wu
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Alex Wu is a U.S.-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Chinese society, Chinese culture, human rights, and international relations.
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