that. in china, protests appear to have forced the communist party to change its tune on covid. authorities, they ve been cracking down on these demonstrator, but it made them realize zee roe covid is not sustainable and even a threat to social stability, which the communist party is obsessed with. so we are seeing easing of restrictions. more than 20 cities scrapping that environment for coindividual tests on public tr transport. some are allowing residents to quarantine at home instead of a quarantine facility, but all of these changes are happening in a patchwork across the country. so as some places are loosening rules, others are clinging to harsh restrictions. for instance, here in beijing, we re still standing outside in the cold every other day waiting in long lines to get that 48-hour pcr test required to still get into most public places. we re still tracked everywhere we go and forced to scan our health codes and there s still
it s now six. all with the omicron variant. all without simymptoms, all essentially stuck there together until they can test negative and can be phased back out into zee roe covid hong kong. it is really extraordinary the lengths that are being taken here with my friends in the u.s., you can basically get on a plane, walk around and it s not a big deal, even if you test positive. certainly nothing like what it is here. you personally are no stranger to life in quarantine. given that you travel all over asia for cnn. what s that been like? think it s almost five months of my life this pandemic and quarantine. my experiences are very different from darrell s because we are basically locked in a hotel room we pay for as a company or out of your own pocket when you travel. it s very isolating. didn t realize how much of an introvert i am and how much it creeps me out to be around big