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Can they stand the test of the Omicron variant?

Tight curbs introduced as part of the country’s zero-Covid strategy have seen thousands of trucks delayed at border crossings.

As global travel slowly resumes and many young people start thinking about working overseas again, global competition for this market will be intense.

But despite border closures, authorities there are now fighting a growing local covid outbreak. officials in the city of xi'an reported 175 new infections on monday. while small compared to other countries, that's the highest daily count in any chinese city since march of 2020. cnn's steven jiang has been following all of this and he joins us now from beijing. this is where all of this started, right? china with their strict lockdowns. at this point, it's 175 cases, but is this worrying authorities at this point because the case count for china is quite high? >> reporter: for china for sure bu...

And that is a devastating blow for the second year running because bethlehem needs tourism to keep surviving. the glimmers of tourism restarting last month have gone, derailed by border closures due to the new covid variant. people trying to find joy and happiness from nothing. so it's very interesting, very impressive. since the beginning of 2020, everything is closed. all hotels are empty. it's very, very difficult - for people — especially those who are working i in tourism sector. they are selling somej of the land to houses. the characters of christmas come to life. in this olive wood f...