Chinese City Facing Food Crisis After Authorities Impose Strict COVID-19 Lockdown

Barriers separate a residential compound in Jilin in China's northeastern Jilin Province on May 25, 2020. AFP via Getty Images

China’s recent surge of CCP virus infections has made life difficult for local residents in Tonghua, a city located near the North Korean border in northeastern China’s Jilin Province.

Ms. Liang, a businesswoman in Dongchang district in Tonghua, told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that local authorities began to seal off her community on Jan. 15, nearly a week before the official announcement.