COVID lockdown turns Chinese tourist hotspot Sanya into nightmare for stranded tourists


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Vendors selling swimming accessories walk on Sanya Bay beach in Sanya, Hainan province, China Nov. 26, 2020. © Reuters August 8, 2022 02:28 JST | China Copy Copied BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -- When Chinese businesswoman Yang Jing was planning this year's summer holiday in 2021, she chose the tropical southern island of Hainan because of its nigh-perfect COVID track record. The island in the South China Sea recorded just two positive symptomatic COVID-19 cases in the whole of last year. Fast forward to this month, however, and the number of cases has suddenly soared, prompting a lockdown in the city of...