Red Wall: Inside China’s zero-COVID world - Trailer

26 May 2023 02:48PM

3 mins

As the rest of the world opened doors in mid-2022 and moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, 300 million Chinese people remained in mandatory lockdown under China’s strict zero-COVID policy. At the height of the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak, food became scarce, medicine was hard to come by and survival became a daily struggle.

Hear the emotional stories of those who still carry the scars in this 2-part CNA special.

Red Wall: Inside China’s zero-COVID world - The lockdown and the sudden end

"There were only two things on my mind, to find food and to not go crazy.” For millions of residents in China, the mandatory lockdown in mid-2022 still lingers like a recurring nightmare. In this episode, CNA correspondent Wei Du traces the steps of people whose lives were upended by China’s zero-COVID policy and who are still grappling with the sudden end of it.

05:40 – Inside the hospitals during the outbreak
08:08 – Life as a COVID-19 swabber
17:47 – Lockdown enforcer

Written and produced by: Wei Du
Co-producer: Andersen Xia
Editors: Crispina Robert and Tiffany Ang
Social Media Editor: Joanne Chan
Sound Designer: Sai Ye Wint

29/05/2023 26 mins