China's Golden Week shoppers declare COVID 'curbed'

Spending up 5%, but large crowds ring alarm over another coronavirus wave

People celebrated China's Golden Week with trips and shopping excursions, delivering a much needed boost to an economy emerging from the pandemic's devastating impact. © Reuters

NAOKI MATSUDA, Nikkei staff writer

October 10, 2020 07:00 JST

SHANGHAI -- Massive crowds flooded the historic Bund waterfront district here in the middle of China's Golden Week holidays, with people lining up to catch a glimpse of the city's iconic skyline lit up at night.