The ruling Communist Party promised earlier this month to reduce disruptions from its “zero- COVID” strategy by making controls more flexible. But the latest wave of outbreaks is challenging that, prompting major cities including Beijing to close off populous districts, shut stores and offices and ordered factories to isolate their workforces from outside contact.
On Tuesday, the government reported 28,127 cases found over the past 24 hours, including 25,902 with no symptoms. Almost one-third, or 9,022, were in Guangdong province, the heartland of export-oriented manufacturing adjacent to Hong Kong. China is the world’s biggest trader and the top market for its Asian neighbors. Weakness in consumer or factory demand can hurt global producers of oil and other raw materials, computer chips and other industrial components, food and consumer goods. Restrictions that hamper activity at Chinese ports can disrupt global trade.
Economic growth rebounded to 3.9% over a year earlier in the three months ending in September, up from the first half’s 2.2%. But activity already was starting to fall back. Businesspeople and economists see the changes in anti-virus controls as a step toward lifting controls that isolate China from the rest of the world. But they say “zero COVID” might stay in place until as late as the second half of next year.
Sounds like a plan🤔
More proof we need to start buying everything else where. Dont make a rogue nation stronger.
Propaganda translation: They are not “anti-virus” curbs, they are “anti-human-rights” curbs. This is the way in a BasicDictatorship.
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