Shijiazhuang volunteers help people return home
(WorldNews China)

Construction worker Zhang Zhenshu squinted his eyes as he fumbled on his phone for a digital health app at a railway station in Shijiazhuang, North China`s Hebei province. A huge braided bag was lying piled near him, bulging with quilts, a thermal water bottle and other luggage. The 51-year-old was queuing up for a free bus ride to his home village on the city`s northern outskirts — the only plausible way to reunite with his family any time soon, after a year`s toil at a construction site in nearby Shanxi province. The city government of Shijiazhuang hit a pause button earlier this month by suspending outbound travel and public...