China Calls It A 'Wartime Mode' COVID-19 Lockdown. And Residents Are Protesting
by Emily Feng
Aug 26, 2020
3 minutes
Across China, life has largely returned to normal. Domestic travel is picking back up as a coronavirus pandemic brought under control recedes from memory. Businesses and factories have re-opened.
Except in Xinjiang. A sweeping, western region nearly four times the size of California, Xinjiang remains largely cut off from the rest of the country and its some 22 million residents under heavy lockdown, an effort officials say is needed to contain a cluster of more than 800 officially diagnosed cases.
In mid-July, officials declared a "wartime mode" for the region.
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