Two additional conspiracy-ish theories about why China is so persistent with lockdowns:
They know something about long-term effects of Covid we don’t (yet) - this seems to be at least partially supported by some of the research results coming out recently
Slowing down exports (both shipping and production) to add momentum to the US inflation problem while simultaneously consuming less energy/metals to keep prices from increasing faster so China can come out of the incoming global economic storm with less damage
Two additional conspiracy-ish theories about why China is so persistent with lockdowns:
They know something about long-term effects of Covid we don’t (yet) - this seems to be at least partially supported by some of the research results coming out recently
Slowing down exports (both shipping and production) to add momentum to the US inflation problem while simultaneously consuming less energy/metals to keep prices from increasing faster so China can come out of the incoming global economic storm with less damage