{"id":1225121,"date":"2022-01-19T16:22:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1225121"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:22:31","slug":"china-allow-mass-exodus-from-beijing-amid-coronavirus-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-allow-mass-exodus-from-beijing-amid-coronavirus-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"China Allow Mass Exodus from Beijing amid Coronavirus Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-allow-mass-exodus-from-beijing-amid-coronavirus-spike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1225121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>With the Beijing Winter Olympics only a few weeks away, and a coronavirus wave sweeping across China, many residents of Beijing have reportedly decided to flee the city while they still can, taking the very same Lunar New Year holiday trips to visit family that Chinese officials have been discouraging.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>South China Morning Post<\/span><\/i> <span>(<em>SCMP<\/em>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3163864\/wish-we-werent-here-why-beijingers-are-braving-holiday-getaway\">quoted<\/a> Chinese railroad officials anticipating 9 million passengers traveling in and out of Beijing, more than twice as many as it handled last year. Beijing residents pronounced themselves \u201cundeterred\u201d by \u201crigorous [Chinese coronavirus] checks,\u201d elaborate paperwork demands from schools and employers, lockdowns imposed across the country, and measures intended to \u201cdeter\u201d travelers from visiting some areas that are not fully locked down.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>A woman in Beijing told the <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>it was a \u201clot of trouble\u201d getting out of the city with her nine-year-old daughter, but worth the effort because \u201clife will be more inconvenient with the opening of the Winter Olympics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19552226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237762314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19552226 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237762314-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 16:  (EDITOR&#039;S NOTE: This image was created with a tilt and shift lens)  A general view the Birds Nest stadium, the venue for opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open February 4th.  (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Birds Nest stadium, the venue for opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Those inconveniences <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/14\/china-beefs-up-beijing-restrictions-keep-pandemic-ruining-genocide-olympics\/\"><span>include<\/span><\/a><span> traffic systems and movement restrictions intended to create a \u201cclosed loop\u201d or \u201cbubble\u201d around the Olympics by carving out a rather inconvenient chunk of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19552266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237762218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19552266 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237762218-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 16:  (EDITOR&#039;S NOTE: This image was created with a tilt and shift lens)  A general view the National Speed Skating Oval at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open February 4th.  (Photo by Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Speed Skating Oval at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Beijing municipal authorities have striven to portray residents as cheerfully willing to endure these burdens, but the <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>found many of them would rather brave the formidable obstacles to travel and celebrate the Lunar New Year far from China\u2019s capital \u2013 especially since Olympic officials announced no tickets would be available to the general public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was so excited about the chance to watch the Games at Beijing stadiums. But it\u2019s become an unrealistic dream now,\u201d another Beijing resident sighed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Chinese central government seems content to allow the exodus from Beijing, repeatedly stating that no hard bans on travel will be imposed, even though they previously warned people across the country to think twice about traveling during the holiday season.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>SCMP <\/span><\/i><span>talked to one employee of a state-run enterprise that <\/span><span>was <\/span><span>specifically instructed not to leave Beijing, but planned to do so anyway, because he was determined to get some use out of the \u201cvacation home\u201d he bought as an investment before China\u2019s property market <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/evergrande-fuels-concerns-over-chinas-housing-bubble\/\"><span>collapsed<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ll take the risk. Some peaceful family time is worth it,\u201d he said, admitting he planned to switch off his cell phone so his employers could not track his movements. He might be better off leaving his electronics at home and get a burner phone, as American Olympic athletes were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/14\/team-usa-urges-athletes-to-use-burner-phones-thwart-chinese-spying-genocide-games\/\"><span>advised<\/span><\/a><span> to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beijing officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-19\/beijing-covid-flareup-worsens-with-new-clusters-at-cold-storage\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on Wednesday the coronavirus outbreak in the city is getting worse, although they still admitted to only five infections among employees who dealt with imported goods at a refrigerated facility. The Chinese government <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/18\/china-uses-coronavirus-surge-excuse-limit-imports\/\"><span>insists<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;the Chinese coronavirus<span>&nbsp;was eradicated within their borders over a year ago, so all new infections are sneaking into China via travelers, shipments of frozen food, and postal deliveries.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Beijing Winter Olympics only a few weeks away, and a coronavirus wave sweeping across China, many residents of Beijing have reportedly decided to flee the city while they &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}