In all, areas producing a fifth of China’s GDP are now under some form of lockdown, according to Nomura, a bank
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskChina’s recent attempts to ease its draconian “zero-covid” controls were so ill-fated that some have dubbed them the “seven-day reforms”. They began on November 11th, when the government banned excessive mass testing, “arbitrary” lockdowns and other intrusive measures. Officials demanded more precise controls in order to limit the impact on people’s lives and livelihoods.
More puzzling is why the central authorities felt they could ask local officials to ease restrictions while at the same time expecting them to keep cases down. These contradictory goals caused “chaos and confusion”, says Huang Yanzhong of the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think-tank. It may also have contributed to the rise in cases.
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