Tiananmen Square—China’s political center and symbol of the communist regime’s power—has been placed under strict lockdown as a COVID-19 outbreak hits Beijing.
Chinese authorities have tightened control measures in the capital as per its official “Zero-COVID” policy with nine city districts being included in the lockdown orders.
The Beijing Tiananmen District Management Committee announced via its website on Tuesday that Tiananmen Square would be closed from Wednesday till June 15 as part of anti-COVID measures. This is the first time that Tiananmen Square has been locked down due to the pandemic.
The authorities also announced that starting Tuesday, control measures would be upgraded in the nine districts of the city’s total of 16, including Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai, Shijingshan, Tongzhou, Shunyi, Changping, Fangshan, and Mentougou….