China's rush to quell Beijing outbreak underscores political stakes

Xi leadership grapples with cluster of new coronavirus infections tied to food market

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The Xinfadi wholesale market in Beijing was locked down Saturday, after suspicions arose about a cluster of coronavirus cases apparently linked to the facility. © Reuters

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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