Yes! Of course they will sacrifice their economy in the short term to re-establish control!
Once they lose that economic capability, control gets dicey.
The ONLY reason many chinese support CCP/PLA is the incredible increase in their standard of living over the past 30 years. The fact that they can buy cars, take trips and have modern conveniences allows them to ‘overlook’ the more egregious human rights aspects of communist control. No different than the average german who benefitted from nice roads, trains that ran on time and guaranteed employment overlooked their semitic neighbors ‘going up the chimney.’
Once those supply chains move...that standard of living will crash.
“Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has warned around 17,600 products could be affected by the coronavirus.
P&G’s CFO Jon Moeller, speaking at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in the US, said P&G used 387 suppliers across China, shipping more than 9,000 materials.
“Each of these suppliers faces their own challenges in resuming operations,” he said.”