Double trouble for China’s porcelain capital as Yangtze River floods add to pandemic woes

The city of Jingdezhen, known as China's porcelain capital, had already been hit hard in 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic that ground production and sales to a halt. But only a few months after dealing with the coronavirus, the town in the eastern province of Jiangxi saw massive flooding as the Yangtze River overflowed its banks. The disasters delivered a one-two punch that has left people in the city struggling to get by.