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Under COVID lockdown, Xinjiang residents complain of hunger

Aerial photo shows a community testing site for COVID-19 in Wudang District of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 5, 2022. In the city of Guiyang, in mountainous southern Guizhou province, a zoo put out a call for help last week, asking for pork, chicken, apples, watermelons, carrots and other produce out of concern they could run out of food for their animals. (Yang Ying/Xinhua via AP) A child waits on a motor bike in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Friday, March 19, 2021. Residents of a city in China’s far west Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) Residents wearing masks walk along the streets of Aksu in western China's Xinjiang region on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Residents of Ghulja, a city in China’s far west Xinjiang region say they are experiencing hunger, forced quarantines and dwindling supplies of medicine and daily necessities after more than 40 days in a virus lockdown. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a community testing site for COVID-19 in Yunyan District of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 5, 2022. In the city of Guiyang, in mountainous southern Guizhou province, a zoo put out a call for help last week, asking for pork, chicken, apples, watermelons, carrots and other produce out of concern they could run out of food for their animals. (Yang Wenbin/Xinhua via AP)