Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections strained the health system and roiled the economy.
Zero-tolerance measures - from shuttered borders to frequent lockdowns - have battered China's economy since early 2020, fueling last month the mainland's biggest show of public discontent since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
