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Published on: November 10, 2023
Zeroing out on zero-COVID
1William C. Kirby is the T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies and the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Abstract:
There is no such thing as "zero-COVID." As the Omicron variant spreads to China's capital city, Beijing, the question is not if, but when and how, China will begin to "live with COVID-19" rather than continue to impose endless lockdowns. The problem is that under China's stifling political climate, this notion cannot be uttered, let alone debated. How did a country with a history of deep respect for science and a laser focus on becoming a global powerhouse in technology and innovation fall into such isolation from the rest of the world?
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