{"id":520455,"date":"2022-12-03T14:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-covid-19-tests-for-public-transport\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:11:49","slug":"beijing-shenzhen-scrap-covid-19-tests-for-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-covid-19-tests-for-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"#Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a862144270\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a862144270\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-covid-19-tests-for-public-transport\/#%E2%80%9CBeijing_Shenzhen_scrap_COVID-19_tests_for_public_transport%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBeijing_Shenzhen_scrap_COVID-19_tests_for_public_transport%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Migrant workers with their belongings leave a barricaded village after authorities' easing of COVID-19 curbs in Haizhu district in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Local Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs, with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: Chinatopix Via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\" title=\"Migrant workers with their belongings leave a barricaded village after authorities' easing of COVID-19 curbs in Haizhu district in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Local Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs, with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: Chinatopix Via AP\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Migrant workers with their belongings leave a barricaded village after authorities&#8217; easing of COVID-19 curbs in Haizhu district in Guangzhou in south China&#8217;s Guangdong province on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Local Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs, with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: Chinatopix Via AP<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                The slight relaxation of testing requirements comes even as daily virus infections reach near-record highs, and follows weekend protests across the country by residents frustrated by the rigid enforcement of anti-virus restrictions that are now entering their fourth year, even as the rest of the world has opened up.<\/p>\n<p>The southern technological manufacturing center of Shenzhen said Saturday that commuters no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test result to use public transport or when entering pharmacies, parks and tourist attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the capital Beijing said Friday that negative test results are also no longer required for public transport from Monday. However, a negative result obtained within the past 48 hours is still required to enter venues like shopping malls, which have gradually reopened with many restaurants and eateries providing takeout services.<\/p>\n<p>The requirement has led to complaints from some Beijing residents that even though the city has shut many testing stations, most public venues still require COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Residents wearing masks wait at a public bus stop in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-1.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Residents wearing masks wait at a public bus stop in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The government reported 33,018 domestic infections in the past 24 hours, including 29,085 with no symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>As the rest of the world has learned to live with the virus, China remains the only major nation still sticking to a &#8220;zero-COVID&#8221; strategy which aims to isolate every infected person. The policy, which has been in place since the pandemic started, led to snap lockdowns and mass testing across the country.<\/p>\n<p>China still imposes mandatory quarantine for incoming <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ers even as its infection numbers are low compared to its 1.4 billion population.<\/p>\n<p>The recent demonstrations, the largest and most widely spread in decades, erupted Nov. 25 after a fire in an apartment building in the northwestern city of Urumqi killed at least 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>That set off angry questions online about whether firefighters or victims trying to escape were blocked by locked doors or other anti-virus controls. Authorities denied that, but the deaths became a focus of public frustration.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-gallery js-article-gallery\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Residents wearing masks cross the road as a public bus past by in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-2.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Residents wearing masks cross the road as a public bus past by in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Residents wearing masks wait at a public bus stop in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-3.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Residents wearing masks wait at a public bus stop in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-4.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Workers in protective gears walk by dismantled barricaded lay along a shops after authorities' easing of COVID-19 curbs in Haizhu district in Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Local Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs, with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: Chinatopix Via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-4.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Workers in protective gears walk by dismantled barricaded lay along a shops after authorities&#8217; easing of COVID-19 curbs in Haizhu district in Guangzhou in south China&#8217;s Guangdong province on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Local Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs, with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: Chinatopix Via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-5.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Children play at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-5.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Children play at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-6.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A child walks out with a beverage from a bakery as visitors return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-6.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A child walks out with a beverage from a bakery as visitors return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-7.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A child wearing a mask passes by festive lights at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-7.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A child wearing a mask passes by festive lights at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-8.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-8.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-9.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-9.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-10.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-10.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-11.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A worker puts up festive lights at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-11.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A worker puts up festive lights at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-12.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-12.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A child wearing mask buys flowers from a pop-up store at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-12.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A child wearing mask buys flowers from a pop-up store at a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-13.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-13.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/beijing-shenzhen-scrap-13.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Credit: AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The country saw several days of protests across cities including Shanghai and Beijing, with protesters demanding an easing of COVID-19 curbs. Some demanded Chinese President Xi Jinping step down, an extraordinary show of public dissent in a society over which the ruling Communist Party exercises near total control.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>Xi&#8217;s government has promised to reduce the cost and disruption of controls but says it will stick with &#8220;zero COVID.&#8221; Health experts and economists expect it to stay in place at least until mid-2023 and possibly into 2024 while millions of older people are vaccinated in preparation for lifting controls that keep most visitors out of China.<\/p>\n<p>While the government has conceded some mistakes, blamed mainly on overzealous officials, criticism of government policies can result in punishment. Former NBA star Jeremy Lin, who plays for a Chinese team, was recently fined 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for criticizing conditions in team quarantine facilities, according to local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, World Health Organization emergencies director Dr. Michael Ryan said that the U.N. agency was &#8220;pleased&#8221; to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying &#8220;it&#8217;s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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