NguJoyce Zhou noYew Lun Tian
IHONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Abahambi bathutheleke eChina ngomoya, umhlaba kanye nolwandle ngeSonto, abaningi bemagange ukuhlangana osekunesikhathi eside belindelwe, njengoba iBeijing ivule imingcele ebivaliwe yonke selokhu kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu, izwe laseChina lavula izindawo eziwela ulwandle nomhlaba neHong Kong futhi laqeda isidingo sokuthi abahambi abangenayo bavalelwe bodwa, kwadilizwa insika yokugcina yenqubomgomo ye-zero-COVID eyayivikele abantu baseChina abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.4 kuleli gciwane kodwa futhi yabasusa emhlabeni wonke.
Ukwelula kweChina enyangeni edlule yomunye wemibuso eqine kakhulu ye-COVID emhlabeni kulandele imibhikisho eyingqophamlando ephikisana nenqubomgomo ehlanganisa ukuhlolwa okuvamile, ukunqanda ukunyakaza nokuvalwa kwenqwaba okulimaza kakhulu umnotho wesibili ngobukhulu.
Olayini abade bakheka ezindaweni zokungena zezindiza zezindiza eziya emadolobheni amakhulu ahlanganisa i-Beijing, i-Tianjin ne-Xiamen esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Hong Kong. Imithombo yezindaba yaseHong Kong ilinganisela ukuthi izinkulungwane zaziwela.
"Ngijabule kakhulu, ngijabule kakhulu, ngijabule kakhulu. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi ngingababoni abazali bami," kusho isakhamuzi saseHong Kong uTeresa Chow njengoba yena nenqwaba yabahambi belungiselela ukuwelela ezweni laseChina besuka endaweni yokuhlola e-Lok Ma Chau yaseHong Kong.
“Abazali bami abaphili kahle futhi angikwazanga ukuphinde ngibabone ngisho benomdlavuza kapopopo, ngakho-ke ngijabule kakhulu ukuphinde ngibabone manje,” kusho yena.
Abatshalizimali banethemba lokuthi ukuvulwa kabusha kuzovuselela umnotho wama- $ 17-trillion obhekene nokukhula okuhamba kancane cishe kwekhulunyaka. Kepha ukuguqulwa kwenqubomgomo kungazelelwe kubangele igagasi elikhulu lokutheleleka elikhungathekisa ezinye izibhedlela futhi lidale ukuphazamiseka kwebhizinisi.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reopens-borders-final-farewell-zero-covid-2023-01-08
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-07-2023