Shanghai traffic begins slow recovery after lifting of lockdown

Nikkei analysis of human flows shows economic hub struggling to return to normal

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Shanghai residents have finally been released from a harsh lockdown that had curtailed economic activity and hit global supply chains. © Reuters

NORIYUKI DOI and KAZUYA MANABE, Nikkei staff writers

SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- A week after the lifting of a harsh lockdown, the number of Shanghai subway commuters is still below 60% of that a year ago, according to Nikkei's latest data analysis.

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