From WSJopinion: When zero-Covid finally ends and travel and business resume, will the world remember the pandemic’s lesson about the Chinese Communist Party, asks Anastasia Lin
Review & Outlook: As China and Russia expand their nuclear weapons capabilities, Joe Biden wants to cancel a cruise missile program that one nuclear security expert says is 'as much about perception and politics' as it is about 'hard military capability.' Images: U.S. Navy via Reuters/AP/DoD Composite: Mark KellyInvestors are anxious for China to get back to normal. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 7.7% on Nov.
Even if China eventually crawls out of the zero-Covid morass, a return to business as usual would be dangerous for the rest of the world. Beijing still owes us answers about the origins of Covid-19.
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