How China Keeps 1.4 Billion People Fed as Virus Clogs Roads

  • Government opens ‘green’ supply routes for essential goods
  • China says it has enough rice, wheat reserves to last a year
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Among the logjammed traffic trying to enter Beijing last week on a highway from the south were dozens of trucks carrying food to the capital, stuck in line as health officials stopped each vehicle to screen the occupants for signs of coronavirus.