Getting confined was a shared experience in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, as many as 300 million people across 70 cities were in some form of a lockdown under the government’s strict zero-COVID policy. But imagine being trapped in a place you can’t leave. CNA correspondent Wei Du hears the heartbreaking stories of two people who found that the longest journey in the world, was the one to get back home.

01:45 – Susu’s holiday in Xinjiang begins
05:36 – Trapped and unable to leave
15:35 – China ends zero-COVID
17:04 – The situation in the Foxconn factory
20:09 – Jie’s long detour home

Written and produced by: Wei Du
Co-producer: Andersen Xia
Editors: Crispina Robert and Tiffany Ang
Social Media Editor: Joanne Chan
Sound Designer: Kenn Delbridge

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