BEIJING — Mothers hosting playdates near cordoned-off parks, mahjong maestros huddled in streets and youngsters slugging night-time beers on barricaded sidewalks — Beijingers are making the most of the small spaces available as China's coronavirus controls close in.
Meanwhile in Shanghai, a growing number of residents are being allowed to briefly venture outside as the city gradually eases out of an extended lockdown, celebrating their first hours outside in weeks with champagne and roadside picnics.
The capital has recorded just dozens of cases each day but has also gone quiet since May with schools closed and everyone — other than doctors and a few essential workers — told to work from home.Hundreds of thousands of people have been restricted to their homes, still well short of a full lockdown but enough to leave only the brave and the rebellious out on the streets of a pandemic-weary city.
Still, dozens of people were seen jumping over the barricades or wriggling through police tape to go for a dip on a warm Monday afternoon.Some brought folding chairs, tables and small gas stoves to cook outside. "But we don't care. People are frustrated with pay cuts and layoffs and we need to meet and vent," she said.
"With parks closed, there are no places to play, but children start throwing tantrums if they are stuck at home all day doing online lessons."Old neighbourhoods in the heart of Beijing, normally bustling warrens filled with hawkers, tourists and rickshaw drivers, have also been closed.
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