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The Problem With China’s Zero COVID Strategy

The Problem With China’s Zero COVID Strategy

FromGZERO World with Ian Bremmer


The Problem With China’s Zero COVID Strategy

FromGZERO World with Ian Bremmer

ratings:
Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Xi Jinping's zero-COVID approach faces its toughest test to date with omicron. Why? Because China lacks mRNA jabs, and so few Chinese people have gotten COVID that overall protection is very low. A wave of lockdowns could disrupt the world's second-largest economy — just a month out from the Beijing Winter Olympics. That could spell disaster for Beijing, Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, tells Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast. If things get really bad, though, Huang believes China will pivot to living with the virus, especially as the cost of keeping zero COVID in the age of omicron becomes too high.
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The United States will no longer play global policeman, and no one else wants the job. This is not a G-7 or a G-20 world. Welcome to the GZERO, a world made volatile by an intensifying international battle for power and influence. Every week on this podcast, Ian Bremmer will interview the world leaders and the thought leaders shaping our GZERO World.