A coronavirus outbreak in southern China creating a huge backlog at Guangdong ports could spoil your holiday shopping this year


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Print Print The chaos began unfolding last month when authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong — home to some of the world’s busiest container ports — canceled flights, locked down communities and suspended trade along its coastline to bring a rapid spike in Covid-19 cases under control. The rate of infections has since improved, and many operations have restarted. But the damage has been done. Yantian, a port about 50 miles north of Hong Kong which handles goods that would fill 36,000 20-foot containers every day, was shut down for nearly a week late last month after infections...