Lockdowns across China inflict heavy damage on Western economies
Workers in protective suits stand near boxes outside a sealed-off area following the COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, China, on March 21, 2022. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
What’s really behind Beijing’s “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy? Isn’t the pandemic all but over, with the vast majority of variants becoming less lethal and a large percentage of populations either vaccinated or with natural immunity?
James Gorrie
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James R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.