People shop on a street in the town of Sheung Shui near the border of mainland China in Hong Kong on January 4, 2023 ahead of the opening of the border on January 8. AFPPIX: China will begin normalising travel between the mainland and Hong Kong from Sunday, Beijing announced Thursday, easing painful pandemic restrictions that have kept the border mostly sealed for almost three years.
Both Hong Kong and China stuck to zero-Covid policies in which strict travel curbs and mandatory quarantine rules caused arrivals to plummet. China U-turned on its zero-Covid strategy last month, abruptly lifting restrictions that had torpedoed the economy and sparked nationwide protests.
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