COVID-19 Chaos Bursts The Myth Of China’s Political Meritocracy – Analysis

By Kalpit A Mankikar

China’s abrupt U-turn on relaxing COVID-19 controls, which had been in place for nearly three years since the pandemic began in 2020, has overwhelmed the nation. The sudden relaxation of curbs has inundated the healthcare system and emergency services, where a shortage of blood and drugs has been...