A man and a child wearing face masks walk by shuttered stores on Jan. 3, 2023, which would be selling souvenirs in Qianmen, a popular tourist spot in Beijing. China’s business and consumer activity might revive as early as the first quarter of this year, but before that happens, entrepreneurs and families face a painful squeeze from a surge in cases that has left employers without enough healthy workers and kept wary customers away from shopping malls, restaurants, hair salons and gyms. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
