People in China's capital Beijing were allowed to enter parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without showing proof of a negative COVID test, the latest in a mix of easing steps nationwide after last month's historic protests
"Beijing readies itself for life again" read a headline in the government-owned China Daily newspaper, adding that people were "gradually embracing" their newfound freedoms.
"This might be the first step towards reopening from this pandemic," Hu Dongxu, 27, told Reuters as he swiped his travel card to enter a train station in Beijing, which has also dropped the need for tests to ride the subway. But further loosening beckons after a string of protests last month that marked the biggest show of public discontent in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.The prospect of further relaxation of the rules has sparkedthat the world's second biggest economy would regather strength, and help to boost global growth.
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