This is how it is to leave the harsh confinement of Shanghai by covid-19

Shanghai (CNN) — Over the hum of the plane's engines, I could hear the stewardess consoling a passenger sitting a couple of rows behind me. "You're out, and now you're safe," she said warmly. Our plane had just taken off from Shanghai, a city of gleaming skyscrapers, home to 25 million people who are now slowly being worn away by China's relentless covid-zero regime. As she approached my row, the stewardess addressed me with the same concerned tone. "I see you're out with this little guy," she said, looking at my rescue dog, Chairman, asleep in his bag under the…