China’s International Schools Hit by Exodus of Teachers Dejected by COVID-19 Curbs

China’s International Schools Hit by Exodus of Teachers Dejected by COVID-19 Curbs
A man walks past the playground of a closed international kindergarten, amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, on May 17, 2022. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—After teaching for three years at an international school in Shanghai, Michael is preparing to break his contract and leave, worn down by stringent measures against the coronavirus.

Following two years of nearly-shut borders, onerous health checks, and quarantine norms, a decision at the beginning of April to lock down China’s commercial centre proved the last straw for the 35-year-old.