The "walking route": How an underground industry is helping migrants flee China for the U.S. https://edition.cnn.com/2.. "In the first 11 months of 2023, more than 31,000 Chinese citizens were picked up by law enforcement crossing illegally into the US from Mexico, government data shows — compared with an average of roughly 1,500 per year over the preceding decade." "Many who left point to a struggle to survive. Three years of Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions left people across China out of work — and disillusioned with the ruling Communist Party's increasingly tight grip on all aspects of life under Xi. ... Others nod to restrictions on personal life in China." #China Covid Curated