Xi Jinping’s hold over China is slipping. After weeks of protests by angry citizens, the Chinese Communist Party have repealed the unpopular Zero COVID strategy. In the process, China may be headed for a massive health crisis even as its economy has been dealt a severe blow.
HT’s Shashank Mattoo looks into the origins and ultimate failure of China’s Zero COVID strategy. Mattoo unpacks the economic crisis caused by the strategy and the extraordinary human costs inflicted by China’s Communist Party. Mattoo finally breaks down why the Zero COVID strategy has precipitated a crisis for Xi Jinping and China’s Communist Party.
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