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Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of ‘zero COVID’

Residents wearing a face masks walk through a riverbank near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) FILE - An elderly woman wearing mask waits at a bus-stop in Chaoyang District on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - An elderly man wearing a face mask fans himself at a public park in Beijing, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE - An elderly resident wearing mask is pushed in a wheelchair as she carries take away food on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - An elderly woman wearing a mask walks on a street of Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) Residents wearing a face masks walk through a riverbank near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents wearing a face masks walk through a riverbank near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) FILE - An elderly woman wearing mask waits at a bus-stop in Chaoyang District on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - An elderly man wearing a face mask fans himself at a public park in Beijing, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE - An elderly resident wearing mask is pushed in a wheelchair as she carries take away food on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - An elderly woman wearing a mask walks on a street of Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) Residents wearing a face masks walk through a riverbank near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) FILE - An elderly woman wearing mask waits at a bus-stop in Chaoyang District on Monday, April 25, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - An elderly man wearing a face mask fans himself at a public park in Beijing, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE - An elderly resident wearing mask is pushed in a wheelchair as she carries take away food on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - An elderly woman wearing a mask walks on a street of Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) A man has his throat swabbed for a COVID-19 test at a testing site near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Workers in protective gear load goods on a trolley to transfer to the locked down residents in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Residents stand in line for their routine COVID-19 tests in freezing cold temperatures near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A security guard in protective gear stands watch at an entrance gate to a neighborhood in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman wearing a face mask walks by a closed coronavirus testing site outside a residential building in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) A woman walks by residents in line for their routine COVID-19 tests in cold weather near the site of last weekend's protest in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. China's ruling Communist Party has vowed to "resolutely crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces," following the largest street demonstrations in decades staged by citizens fed up with strict anti-virus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Chinese vaccine plans spark hope for end of ‘zero COVID’