Hong kong to open border with China despite rising COVID-19 cases in mainland after city leader meets Xi Jinping

Hong Kong: Hong Kong is aiming to reopen its border with China by mid-January, city leader John Lee announced on Saturday after returning from meetings in Beijing. The border has been effectively shut for nearly three years while China enforced a zero-Covid strategy of snap lockdowns, travel restrictions and mass testing that battered the world's second-largest economy. After abruptly reversing on its pandemic policies last month, Beijing has been grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections across the country, with many hospitals and morgues overflowing. The decision to reverse the anti-virus control measures is being looked at as the main…