Locked down in Beijing, I watched China beat back the coronavirus
Life is returning to Beijing streets while much of the West seems to be spiralling into chaos. Are China's strict measures a model for the rest of the world?
Six weeks ago, China was in lockdown. But in recent days, people have started lining up for street food again and the government's propaganda machine is kicking into gear. Bloomberg
The grocery stores were brimming with shoppers and produce. Around the corner, a line was forming outside a stall selling pillowy white steamed buns.
The grey, brick-lined alleys of this old imperial capital, deserted several weeks ago, were congested again by newly licensed drivers struggling to park their new, outsized Audis. I knew then: Beijing was slowly, unmistakably, returning to normal.
