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Mothers hosting playdates near cordoned-off parks, mahjong maestros huddled in streets and youngsters slugging night-time beers on barricaded sidewalks Beijingers are making the most of the small spaces available as China’s COVID-19 controls close in.
Meanwhile in Shanghai, a growing number of residents are being allowed to briefly venture outside as the city gradually eases out of an extended lockdown, celebrating their first hours outside in weeks with champagne and roadside picnics.
China is hitched to a zero-COVID policy that triggers mass lockdowns, routine tests and movement restrictions whenever infection clusters emerge the last major economy to do so in
Mothers hosting playdates near cordoned-off parks, mahjong maestros huddled in streets and youngsters slugging night-time beers on barricaded sidewalks Beijingers are making the most of the small…