Without Warning, Visiting Chinese Become Trapped in City Under Lockdown

Without Warning, Visiting Chinese Become Trapped in City Under Lockdown
Aerial view of a restricted residential area due to the Covid-19 coronavirus in Yangzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on Aug. 3, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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More than 30 college students have been trapped under lockdown in Yangzhou city during their summer internship, due to a surge in CCP virus infections. An unknown number of other visitors were also affected when the city unexpectedly announced the lockdown.

On July 28, local officials announced outbreaks in “hotspots” and initiated the lockdown in the main urban area of Yangzhou city in eastern China. Since then, many visitors to the city have been forced to face difficult situations without governmental help.