Tag: dynamic zero-COVID

Residents in Beijing Hoard Food, Fear Prolonged Lockdown Amid Mass Testing

Authorities have commenced mass testing affecting at least half of the residents in China’s capital city of Beijing, a possible signal to accelerate its zero-COVID containment pace and lockdown like Shanghai. Local residents are scrambling to hoard food and supplies in fear of starving during the impending lockdown. The epidemic situation in Beijing is “serious…


Beijing’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Threatens China’s Economy

News Analysis  As the Omicron variant is causing a surge in COVID-19 infections across 30 provinces and municipalities in China, Beijing’s “zero-COVID” restrictions appear to be causing more harm than good. The strict measures are sapping the productivity of businesses, weakening the stock market’s performance, forcing about 400 million people to remain in lockdown, and…


Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping Disagree on China’s Zero-COVID Policy

Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered the entire country to adhere to the Dynamic Zero-COVID policy, but other top leaders seem to disagree. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently held three meetings in succession to analyze the current economic situation. At the meetings he revealed that China’s economy is currently facing serious problems. Experts say this shows…


Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping Disagree on China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy: Analysts

News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordered the entire country to adhere to the Dynamic Zero-COVID policy, but other top leaders seem to disagree. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently held three meetings in succession to analyze the current economic situation. At the meetings he revealed that China’s economy is currently facing serious problems. Experts say…


Local Officials in China Accused of Concealing COVID-19 Data Fearing Backlash from Beijing

Local officials in China have been accused of not reporting data on COVID-19 positive cases in fear of a backlash from Beijing. Instead, the authorities have extended the draconian lockdown policies in an attempt to contain the virus. Some experts have called China’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policy a measure driven by political motives. An independent analyst…


China’s Local Governments Have Financial Difficulties Following ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy

Chinese authorities admitted on Sept. 19 that outbreaks of new COVID-19 cases occurred in “multiple cities at the same time.” Although the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) still claims that “Dynamic Zero-COVID” strategy suits the situation in China, analysts believe that this policy will make the already difficult local finances even more…