Shanghai enters post-lockdown life, but China's COVID-zero policy will haunt the younger generation

There are around 10.76 million upcoming university graduates in China this year, the highest number in history. (Reuters: Aly Song)

While Shanghai residents head out into the streets to celebrate the city's reopening, Yuchen Yang and her peers are still unsure when their lockdown will end.

The 22-year-old Shanghai university student has stayed on campus since her university enacted its COVID-19 bubble in March.