Beijing Letter: ‘When I asked him if business was back to normal, he looked up at me for a moment and then back down to work on my toes’


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People visit a mall in Beijing. The evidence of economic recovery can be seen all over the city. Photograph: Wang Zhao/Getty Images The young man in the podiatrist’s chair wiggled his toes, pulled down his face mask and looked across from below a short, orange beanie with a perky little cabillou on top. “Hello,” he said. “Where are you from?” While I was telling him, his friend stood up to watch what the podiatrist was doing and to admire the symmetry of the feet on display. They were so flawless that I felt anxious at the prospect of revealing my...