Reuters
Shanghai revives after two-month COVID lockdown, wary of a new one
Shanghai sprung back to life on Wednesday after two months of bitter isolation under a ruthless COVID-19 lockdown, with shops reopening and people going back to offices, parks and markets, hoping to never go through a similar ordeal again. For many of the 25 million residents finally able to experience the outdoor world again in China’s largest and most cosmopolitan city, street life looked like a flashback from a distant memory. A Shanghai resident surnamed Dong, who was drinking beer with a friend in the city’s former French Concession neighbourhood, was not in a celebratory mood.
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