China’s Job Market Now Discriminates Against Those Who’ve Never Contracted COVID-19

A delivery driver organizes packages in the street that are part of a backlog due to COVID-19 outbreaks outside a depot in Beijing on Dec. 21, 2022. The rapid spread of the virus across China has left many delivery services short-staffed as drivers become infected, impacting the supply chain. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The sharp U-Turn of the Chinese authorities’ COVID control measures has led to a variety of chaotic situations in China, including how employers are now preferring to hire those who have already been infected over those who have not contracted the virus.

The regime announced an easing of COVID-19 measures on Dec. 7, and since then, local authorities have rolled out new rules contradictory to previous directives.