BEIJING -- Public security vehicles packed the area around the largest wholesale fresh food market in Beijing on Monday morning, an area seen as the source of a fresh cluster of coronavirus cases.
Stationed at the entrance to the shuttered Xinfadi market were members of the People's Armed Police, a paramilitary unit charged with maintaining public order. The presence of these troops, who are responsible for guarding locations such as Tiananmen Square, signals China's alarm at the possibility of a politically destabilizing second wave of infections in the capital.
