It’s really hard to tell what China is doing as an outsider. Xi has an “election” soon and there is political opposition in Shanghai so lockdown could be related. Most things happen for either power or money.
It’s really hard to tell what China is doing as an outsider. Xi has an “election” soon and there is political opposition in Shanghai so lockdown could be related. Most things happen for either power or money.
It’s really hard to tell what China is doing as an outsider. Xi has an “election” soon and there is political opposition in Shanghai so lockdown could be related. Most things happen for either power or money.
It's not hard to tell the "what", but the "why" is an eternal mystery.
Certainly a power struggle between rival factions of the CCP explains much in Shanghai. Beijing is a bit murkier.