MyNorthwest

News

Opinion

Sports

Tools

Connect

China defends ‘zero-COVID’ after US envoy warns of costs

A street vendor selling fruit wears a mask as he waits for customers, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A security guard wearing a face mask looks out from the window of a public bus in Beijing, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Residents line up at a COVID sample collection station, Friday, June 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Commuters wearing face masks walk out from the entrance of a subway station in the central business district in Beijing, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Commuters wearing face masks ride across an intersection in the central business district in Beijing, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China defends ‘zero-COVID’ after US envoy warns of costs