China eases some virus controls, searches pedestrians


              A child peeps into a shuttered shopping mall as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              Residents wearing face masks stand in line to enter a supermarket stack with goods in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              Traffic returns in the district of Haizhu as pandemic restrictions are eased in southern China's Guangzhou province, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo)
            
              A closed testing station in the district of Haizhu as pandemic restrictions are eased in southern China's Guangzhou province, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo)
            
              Dismantled barriers are stacked to the side in the district of Haizhu as pandemic restrictions are eased in southern China's Guangzhou province, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo)
            
              Residents ride public transport in the district of Haizhu as pandemic restrictions are eased in southern China's Guangzhou province, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo)
            
              A woman shops in a reopened grocery store in the district of Haizhu as pandemic restrictions are eased in southern China's Guangzhou province, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More Chinese cities eased some anti-virus restrictions as police patrolled their streets to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo)
            
              A couple carrying a bag of groceries walk by a man playing with children outside a shuttered shopping mall as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              Residents wearing face masks stand in line to enter a supermarket which controls the flow of shoppers in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              Residents wearing face masks stand in line to enter a supermarket which controls the flow of shoppers in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              People walk by workers in protective suits look for the location of the lockdown residents to collect COVID samples in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
            
              Workers in protective ge4ar prepare to collect COVID samples from a woman at her locked down store in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China eases some virus controls, searches pedestrians