COVID Outbreaks Test, China's Zero-COVID Policy.<br />NPR reports that rising COVID cases seem to have <br />dashed hopes that the Chinese government's <br />zero-COVID policies were coming to an end. .<br />Cities across China are once again locking down, <br />including in the capital of Beijing, raising questions as to <br />when the strict COVID policy could eventually phase out.<br />This is the typical policy dilemma <br />that the Chinese leaders face. , Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the <br />Council on Foreign Relations at Seton Hall University, via NPR.<br />When you relax and open up, it will lead <br />to chaos, and when you tighten policy, <br />it will be too rigid to allow any flexibility, Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the <br />Council on Foreign Relations at Seton Hall University, via NPR.<br />On November 22, China recorded 28,883 <br />new cases, mostly clustered in the cities <br />of Guangzhou and Chongqing. .<br />In response, Guangzhou ordered a five-day lockdown in the populous Baiyun district. .<br />In Chongqing, the government is racing to construct new <br />quarantine facilities, with over 5,000 construction <br />workers putting up a makeshift center in just five days. .<br />Meanwhile, many cities in China have resumed <br />mandatory mass COVID testing, which has <br />renewed concerns about China's faltering economy.<br />In the port city of Tianjin, residents have <br />not been allowed to leave their homes <br />without proof of a negative test. .<br />The widespread lockdowns and strict restrictions <br />have led to social unrest, including violent protests <br />at a Foxconn factory on November 23
