Meals are delivered to community workers in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province, this week amid a citywide lockdown that followed the discovery of dozens of new coronavirus cases. Photo: Xinhua
Meals are delivered to community workers in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province, this week amid a citywide lockdown that followed the discovery of dozens of new coronavirus cases. Photo: Xinhua

Coronavirus: China’s new outbreak raises questions about consumer spending over Lunar New Year holiday

  • Hebei province, which surrounds China’s capital, is on lockdown just weeks before the world’s largest annual migration of people
  • Pace of consumer spending during Spring Festival holiday has long been seen as a barometer of overall Chinese consumption for the year

Meals are delivered to community workers in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province, this week amid a citywide lockdown that followed the discovery of dozens of new coronavirus cases. Photo: Xinhua
Meals are delivered to community workers in Shijiazhuang city, Hebei province, this week amid a citywide lockdown that followed the discovery of dozens of new coronavirus cases. Photo: Xinhua
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