now on bbc news, our world stephen mcdonell travels across china and meets people struggling to stay afloat with their country showing no signs of abandoning its zero covid policy. when it comes to the fight against the coronavirus, one country stands alone. elsewhere, vaccines have meant learning to live with the virus. not in china. no income. this is my lowest point and, you know, as a man i can t do anything. each outbreak is still being met with strict measures to return an area to no new infections. it has held back the death rates and stopped hospitals from being swamped. but it s also exhausting the population and hammering the economy. with no clear exit strategy, how long can china keep this up? this is the outskirts of beijing, and when you cross that river you are actually crossing into neighbouring hubei province and the town of yanzhou. now, yanzhou is a popular place to live for people with more modest incomes, because they can afford to pay the rent here a
was she who has inspired him. hello, i m addison! guess, my friend, where i am? i m in xi an. using social media, he is back as a tour guide for all those who can t travel here. i am very happy today, i am on the city wall. in this way, he keeps his hand in and makes a little bit of money. wow, it s really amazing! 0ther tour guides seem to have given up altogether and decided to do something else. why have you not given up? because i have a very good, very strong faith that international tourism can recover and we will have a very bright future. so this is my faith. this is why i don t change my mind.
was she who has inspired him. hello, i m addison! guess, my friend, where i am? i m in xi an. using social media, he is back as a tour guide for all those who can t travel here. i am very happy today, i am on the city wall. in this way, he keeps his hand in and makes a little bit of money. wow, it s really amazing! 0ther tour guides seem to have given up altogether and decided to do something else. why have you not given up? because i have a very good, very strong faith that international tourism can recover and we will have a very bright future. so this is my faith. this is why i don t change my mind.
in a strange way, though, it was she who has inspired him. hello, i m addison! guess, my friend, where i am? i m in xi an. using social media, he is back as a tour guide for all those who can t travel here. i am very happy today, i am on the city wall. in this way, he keeps his hand in and makes a little bit of money. wow, it s really amazing! 0ther tour guides seem to have given up altogether and decided to do something else. why have you not given up? because i have a very good, very strong faith that international tourism can recover and we will have a very bright future. so this is my faith. this is why i don t change my mind.
guess, my friend, where i am? i m in xi an. using social media, he is back as a tour guide for all those who can t travel here. i am very happy today, i am on the city wall. in this way, he keeps his hand in and makes a little bit of money. wow, it s really amazing! 0ther tour guides seem to have given up altogether and decided to do something else. why have you not given up? because i have a very good, very strong faith that international tourism can recover and we will have a very bright future. so this is my faith. this is why i don t change my mind. xi an s muslim quarter is said to date back to the tang dynasty.