Beijing Marathon Returns but China Sticks to ‘Zero-COVID’

Beijing Marathon Returns but China Sticks to ‘Zero-COVID’
Runners start to compete in the Beijing Marathon in Beijing on Nov. 6, 2022. Zhang Chenlin/Xinhua via AP
The Associated Press
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BEIJING—Thousands of runners took to the streets of China’s capital on Sunday for the return of the Beijing marathon after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, even as another death blamed on China’s strict pandemic controls generated more public anger.

Authorities are sticking to a “zero-COVID” strategy that locks down neighborhoods when any virus cases are found and quarantines everyone arriving from overseas in hotels for seven to 10 days.