Xi'an, Tianjin, Henan, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing… One after the other, the major economic and industrial “hubs” of the Middle Kingdom find themselves besieged by Covid-19, Delta or Omicron variant.
Faced with this “outbreak” of local infections (a hundred cases per day), companies are trying as best they can to adapt to the confinements and other restrictions inherent in the Chinese “zero Covid” strategy.
Even if signs of seizing appear, the impact of health measures remains limited for the moment.
However, the proliferation of the Omicron variant on Chinese territory could well change the situation and affect the already weakened global supply chain.
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