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Beijing-based correspondent for The Straits Times @straits_times. In the business of describing things. Views here my own.
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Nov 27, 2022 12 tweets 5 min read
Covid control in Beijing has broken down - a thread:
On Friday night I received dreaded notification that one of the residents in my housing block had been picked up as a positive case in community screening and we might be going into lockdown. 1/N Image But strangely my compound’s property management 物业, which notified us through WeChat said since there was still no official notice from the CDC/government so we were in effect still free to leave. 2/N Image
Oct 22, 2022 14 tweets 5 min read
Glorious blue skies in Beijing to close the 20th Party Congress But it took a fair bit of effort to get here, journalists have been in a Covid bubble since Wednesday. And Covid testing regimen has been excessive to say the least - twice-a-day tests yesterday and today