Xinjiang residents complain of hunger after 40-day COVID lockdown

Residents of a city in China’s far western Xinjiang region say they have run out of food after more than 40 days under a strict coronavirus lockdown.

In posts shared on Chinese social media, as well as platforms including TikTok and Twitter, residents of Ghulja showed empty fridges and hungry children. Others were in tears recounting their experience during the lockdown, which began in early August.

China remains committed to a policy of ‘zero COVID’, confining whole communities to…