If you believe, as I do, that the Chinese took advantage of a mistake at their lab and let loose the virus on the rest of the world, then this is the most puzzling aspect of their virus protocol.
If it were me, I would have crippled the rest of the worlds economies while advancing China's.
Instead, they seem to be crippling their own economy while the rest of the world's are recovering.
I can only assume they are using this as an opportunity to tighten their grip on their citizens
Seems like it. Xi is paranoid. So he is consolidating power in his country right now.
There is no question, however that the current lockdowns in China serve the Chinese Communist Party. What should not be ignored is the US and European "data" saying that China's three-year death toll is only something more than 15K in a population of well more than a billion. The data cannot be correct, and yet it is held forth by our "Western" experts as correct. Taking that at face value, China's strategies are "working." I don't think this is a medical statement, but wholly political and geopolitical. And in service to the corrupt, worldwide.
Do you accept that the mortality rate in China after three years is 0.0011 percent? Or that the US' deaths are four times the three year mortality rate data of the world in general? I don't/ But I highlight the data because more than just Chinese Communists are lying to us. And far more than just Chinese Communists are accepting the lies, and amplifying them. In your words, "as an opportunity to tighten their grip on their citizens." Here. There. Everywhere.
So many end message with "stay safe." I so prefer -- Stay free! God bless.