Coronavirus: China’s small firms bemoan lack of support as Omicron wave threatens economic recovery


Amid a surge of Omicron infections sweeping China, Tang Lin has watched business dry up at her small noodle soup restaurant in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi province in southern China.

Though the city has reported only three cases of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant since March 1, stringent pandemic controls have hit small businesses hard.

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