Interesting article from Wall Street Journal.
China destroying its quality of life through Zero Covid just as it’s about to overtake the US has echos of the country burning the royal fleet after reaching Africa. What a tragedy. https://t.co/kqafBPxBxK
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) June 27, 2022
This is devastating for China and their system of governance:
The Chinese financial capital’s importance for global supply chains, as well as the challenge of applying the world’s most stringent lockdown rules to a city of 25 million people, help to show why it was unique.
But Shanghai also stands out to illustrate the human cost when China’s Covid policies go awry. Three months after authorities announced the beginning of an experimental two-phase lockdown of the city, the Journal is publishing deeply personal accounts of the ordeal from four residents. Their feelings of helplessness, isolation and despair. The mounting anxiety over basic needs such as food and safety that felt like an echo from China’s past; cascading mental health concerns; the urge to escape the city; and the risk of new lockdowns should the virus return.
Be sure to read the whole thing from WSJ…
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