Xinjiang starts to ease Covid-19 lockdown after surge in social media anger


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Residents have been trapped in their homes for more than a month despite no new cases for past 10 days Censored complaints mostly from Han Chinese, highlighting difficulties in assessing reports from largely Muslim region Residents have been trapped in their homes for more than a month despite no new cases for past 10 days. China has relaxed some Covid-19 lockdown measures on the city of Urumqi in Xinjiang following a surge of complaints about their severity on Chinese social media. The city of 3.5 million people, which has been in strict lockdown since mid-July, has reported no new cases...