such case brings promises from the ruling communist party most recently last week that people in quarantine or who cant show negative test results wouldnt be blocked from getting emergency helpyet the party has often found itself unable to rein in stringent and often unauthorized measures imposed by local officials who fear losing their jobs or facing prosecution if outbreaks occur in areas under their jurisdictionnearly three years into the pandemic while the rest of the world has largely opened up and the impact on the chinese economy rises beijing has mostly kept its borders closed and discouraged travel even within the countryin the capital beijing residents were told not to travel between city districts and large numbers of restaurants shops malls office buildings and apartment blocks have been closed or isolatedchina on sunday announced 24215 new cases the vast majority of them asymptomatic