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Weekend: China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

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08/01/2023 GMT

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

BBC World Service - Weekend, China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

Coronavirus cases are surging across China as restrictions on movement are abandoned

After three years, mainland China has opened sea and land crossings with Hong Kong and ended a requirement for incoming travellers to quarantine dismantling a final pillar of a zero-COVID policy that had shielded China's people from the virus but also cut them off from the rest of the world. 

Also in the programme: Burkina Faso is urged to investigate how 28 civilians were killed in the north-western town of Nouna; and the 80s British puppet show Spitting Image, a political comedy and satire, makes its return next month to the Birmingham Rep Theatre in the UK. 

(Photo: A man holds flowers as he waits for a passenger at Beijing Capital International Airport. Credit: Reuters).

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