BEIJING - The traditional annual shopping and travel spree that is China's National Day Golden Week holiday got off to a slow start on Saturday, cramped by more restrictive Covid-19 measures across the country.
In the lead-up to the seven-day holiday, the authorities urged people to spend the holiday in their home cities, in a bid to avoid superspreader events seen during the summer in tourist destination Hainan and megacity Chongqing. Those had led to lengthy lockdowns whose ripple effects were felt across the country.
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