Pandemic Subdues Hong Kong’s Usual Energy

Pandemic Subdues Hong Kong’s Usual Energy
People wearing masks walk across a closed store in Hong Kong, on March 15, 2022. Kin Cheung/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Hong Kong’s neon lights are still on, but COVID-19 has turned off a lot of the city’s usual energy. Instead, now there is an unusual sense of limbo.

Busy shopping streets and office districts are much emptier than ever before.