Passengers wait to board their trains at the terminal of the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station on May 18. Photo: Handout
Coronavirus: Shanghai faces exodus of talent as lockdown dashes workers’ hopes for good jobs and a better life
- Complicated and lengthy procedures have failed to put off those determined to flee the mainland’s commercial and financial centre
- Shanghai, which went into a citywide lockdown on April 1, plans to ease draconian pandemic curbs from June 1
Passengers wait to board their trains at the terminal of the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station on May 18. Photo: Handout
