Under COVID-19 Lockdown, Xinjiang Residents Complain of Hunger

Under COVID-19 Lockdown, Xinjiang Residents Complain of Hunger
Residents wearing masks walk along the streets of Aksu in western China's Xinjiang region on March 18, 2021. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo
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BEIJING—Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines, and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown.

Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty refrigerators, feverish children, and people shouting from their windows.