Xi'an residents complain of food shortages as lockdown drags on

Beijing (AFP) Dec 30, 2021

Residents in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi'an said they were struggling to find enough food, despite Beijing insisting Thursday that there were now adequate supplies. China has followed a strict "zero Covid" approach involving tight border restrictions and swift, targeted lockdowns since the virus first surfaced in a central city in late 2019. The country's commerce ministry told re