Schools have postponed reopening. Businesses are shut down. Residents line up for a new throat swab.
Once again, dozens of Chinese cities are tightening COVID-19 curbs in the run-up to a major Chinese Communist Party (CCP) meeting next month.
Tens of Millions in China Under New COVID-19 Lockdown Ahead of CCP Meeting
A young girl is given a nucleic acid test by a health worker at a makeshift COVID-19 testing site in Beijing on April 29, 2022. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
