Two years after COVID-19 hit Wuhan, residents of Xi'an chafe under lockdown


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Two years after COVID-19 hit Wuhan, residents of Xi'an chafe under lockdown 2022.01.24 Two years after authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan placed the city's 10 million residents under lockdown at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the northern city of Xi'an was also placed under tight restrictions, cutting off access to basic foodstuffs and medical treatment for some stranded in their homes. But Xi'an residents told RFA there was little to celebrate under the gradual easing of restrictions that is currently under way, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) pursues a "zero-COVID" policy ahead of the...