China's Xi says 'light of hope in front of us' on Covid

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 02, 2023 12:05 am

Beijing, China: President Xi Jinping said Saturday the 'light of hope is right in front of us' as China faces an explosion of Covid-19 cases after an abrupt lifting of restrictions.

Three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Beijing this month began ditching its hardline containment policy known as 'zero-Covid'.

A community worker (left) tells a resident the contents of a care package in a community in Yangfangdian Subdistrict of Haidian District in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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