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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Under COVID lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Residents of a city in China’s far west Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown.

Hundreds of posts from Ghulja riveted users of Chinese social media last week, with residents sharing videos of empty fridges, feverish children, and people screaming from their windows.

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