China’s stubborn embrace of lockdowns is out of step with the Omicron phase of the pandemic.
As Bremmer argued in January: China’s stubborn embrace of lockdowns is out of step with the Omicron phase of the pandemic. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty ImagesJust as with personal health, bad economic habits die hard. “We see countries with high trade linkages to China as being the most vulnerable.”Admittedly, Fauci is an imperfect messenger. But he’s not wrong about where Xi’s Covid policy is taking China in the second half of 2022. Instead, Xi’s team spent considerable time and political capital since late 2020 going after China’s top tech innovators.