Cafes, tourist sites have reopened, residents of China's biggest city are re-emerging for tai chi. FMTNews Cafe China
Passengers wear masks on a subway train in Beijing where workers are slowly returning to their offices.
Beijing retiree Wang Huixian was among a dozen women practising the national pastime of dancing in unison to music from portable speakers in a public park – but now with a gap of 3m between them.But she added: “Everyone is cautious and keeping a distance from each other to avoid getting infected.” The pain from that is expected to persist, with a surge in joblessness and many businesses gone bust.Most of the country is now slowly lifting restrictions and people are returning to work, unlike many Western countries where governments have ordered sweeping restrictions not seen during peacetime.Residents walk out of a subway station near the central business district in Beijing.
“I was very scared. A sense of fear persisted,” said 50-year-old Zhang Min, the owner of an office-supply company, while strolling in a Shanghai park.The flow of daily commuters into Shanghai’s financial district is picking up and some inter-provincial travel restrictions have eased. People shrink from an offered handshake, many restaurants have removed half their chairs to disperse customers, and other restrictions on large gatherings remain in place.
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