china coronavirus, china covid cases, china covid news: China lifts curbs in border cities. Reason: North Korea's Kovid Surge

Beijing: A major Chinese port city near the border with North Korea has started regular Covid-19 testing for all 7.5 million residents, as its isolated neighbors battle a spiraling outbreak. China is sticking to a rigid, zero-Covid approach that has left the capital Beijing under a mosaic of restrictions and confined most of Shanghai's 25 million residents to their homes for weeks. Across the border, poor, nuclear-armed North Korea has announced more than 1.7 million infections since last week, leaving Chinese officials in trouble. Authorities in Dalian - a port about 300 kilometers (190 miles) from North Korea - implemented…