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The view from China
Learning to cope with zero-covid
Shanghai and Beijing are now open again after several uncertain weeks during which the authorities grappled with the strict implementation of the zero-covid strategy. The ‘new normal’ is not ‘living with covid’ but rather ‘learning how to cope with zero-covid’.
This new dynamic involves taking a test every 2-3 days, in order to have a ‘green code’ on a health app, which enables residents to enter buildings such as offices, shops and restaurants.
That said, residents are still unable to leave their city of residence without special permission, and it is highly unlikely that people will be able to travel domestically across the fast-approaching summer season.
China’s borders remain closed and international flights are either hard to find or exorbitantly expensive. That said, a steady stream of expatriates has been leaving the PRC over the past
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