RUILI, China: At a checkpoint on China's southern frontier with Myanmar, shuttered stores advertising the region's famed jade jewelry appear abandoned, driven out of business by a coronavirus pandemic-induced closure of the border.

The city of Ruili is slowly creaking back to life as China ditches its zero-tolerance Covid strategy after years of strict lockdowns and other grueling restrictions.

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