This article makes a nice point: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/opinions/china-xi-zero-covid-shanghai-huang/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/opinions/

This article makes a nice point: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/opinions/china-xi-zero-covid-shanghai-huang/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/opinions/china-xi-zero-covid-... TLDR: Xi Jin Ping will soon be up for his third term, and he has staked his legacy at least in part on how well China has handled COVID. There will be no changes in China's COVID policy anytime soon.