China zero-Covid: Hope and worry in Beijing as key policies scrapped

Life is returning to normal on the streets of Beijing after big changes to China's most severe Covid policies.

It comes just a week after protests against the strict controls - which included forcing people into quarantine camps.

Locals have expressed hope and worry about the decision to abandon key policies that dominated their lives for almost three years.

Reporter: Stephen McDonell

Filmed and edited by Joyce Liu

Read more about what partial abandonment of zero-Covid policies mean for people in China here.

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