When Qu Tongzhou, a photography assistant in Shanghai, set out on a long-awaited trip to western China in June, she found the cities she visited to be unwelcoming. As an after-effect of the country’s “zero-COVID” policies, locals were leery of travellers, and some hotels refused Qu, fearing she could introduce the virus.
Pandemic restrictions have made it hard to make new friendships in China – but many are finding ways around that. Bloomberg
