In 'zero-Covid' China, 1 case locks down Peking University

BEIJING -- Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, after finding one Covid-19 case as they stick to a “zero-Covid” approach despite growing public discontent.

Beijing reported more than 350 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, a small fraction of its 21-million population but enough to trigger localized lockdowns and quarantines under China's “zero-Covid” strategy. Nationwide, China reported about 20,000 cases, up from about 8,000 a week ago. Peking University has more than 40,000 students on multiple campuses, most in Beijing. It was unclear how many were affected by the lockdown. The 124-year-old institution is one of China's top universities and was a center of student protest in earlier decades. Its graduates include leading intellectuals, writers, politicians and businesspeople.

Guangzhou, an industrial export hub near Hong Kong, reported more than 6,000 new cases in what is the nation's largest ongoing outbreak. The pandemic led the Badminton World Federation to move next month's HSBC World Tour Finals from Guangzhou to Bangkok, the federation announced this week.

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