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Choose edition. Fans gathering in front of the now defunct Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic football club, in Chongqing, China, on May 24, Published Jul 28,AM. Updated Jul 28,PM. Choose edition Singapore International. Tourists snapped selfies at an ancient fortress while hundreds of partygoers packed into a gay bar this week, with barely a mask in sight.
Ride-hailing-app users hopped into Didi Global Inc cars to escape the city's deg C heatwave without scanning contact-tracing apps, unlike in Beijing. Domestic travellers poured into the city, gay mostly doesn't require quarantine on chongqing. Chongqing has logged just cases of Covid since Februarythe fourth-lowest of any province - the manufacturing hub twice the size of Switzerland counts as its own municipality, as do only Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin.
The city hasn't seen a major lockdown since earlyeven as Beijing and Shanghai stay on high alert and more than 28 million people are living under citywide restrictions as of Monday July 25according to Bloomberg's Lockdown Tracker. Thus, tourists continue to flock to Chongqing, to soak in its shimmering skyline, club hot pot and history as China's capital during World War II.
And the city isn't unique.
Chongqing, the Chinese megacity where masks are rare and clubs are packed
Across China, many cities are business as usual, as the ruling Communist Party's border curbs, mass testing drives and lockdowns stop the virus from a cross-country spread - the nation of almost 1. That relative normalcy has enabled Chinese president Xi Jinping to press ahead with his zero-Covid strategy as the rest of the world moves on, club in a landmark political year when he's seeking a precedent-breaking third term in power.
Protests like those seen in Shanghai earlier this year, while notable for their open dissent, are still rare. That shelter from zero-Covid's harshest tenets could be shattered overnight by a sudden spike in cases, Mr Huang added. In that scenario, officials will resort gay the "heavy-handed zero-Covid measures" seen in Shanghai, he said.
China's push to eliminate Covid makes even domestic travel onerous, with different provinces and cities setting their own rules, often stipulating a litany of testing and quarantine requirements to fulfil. Predictions for the nation's overall growth have fallen to 4 per cent, as Covid controls drag on the wider economy.
Chongqing, by contrast, is a "small paradise," said Mr Nicola Sangiovanni, a chongqing resident and chef at Italian restaurant, Suliven, in a central business district. The eatery relies on out-of-towners for more than half its customers in chongqing months. Covid restrictions "don't have a strong impact on tourists when they come here," he added, noting an uptick in arrivals in recent weeks.
Travellers to Chongqing must download the city's health code app, and show a negative Covid test taken within 48 hours. Those entering from cities with medium- or high-risk areas should take two PCR tests within three days of arrival - a fairly easy requirement with testing booths across the city.
Only those coming directly from higher risk areas must quarantine. One Chongqing executive said the city's attraction gay simple. Ms Kelen Leong, general manager of Raffles Hospital in Chongqing, which opened in early as the city's first private international hospital, said she had noticed an easing of entry rules. The lack of lockdowns has helped Chongqing avoid the club travails of its peers in recent months.
The local economy grew 2.