Hong Kong Imposes Unprecedented COVID Lockdown As China Scrambles To Protect Beijing

Hong Kong Imposes Unprecedented COVID Lockdown As China Scrambles To Protect Beijing Hong Kong Imposes Unprecedented COVID Lockdown As China Scrambles To Protect Beijing In the first sign of confirmation that the current COVID resurgence taking place in northeastern China might be more widespread than the Chinese state (and its attendant party-controlled press organs) have been letting on, the city of Hong Kong on Friday just announced its first-ever lockdown, a measure that is reminiscent of the harsher measures used to combat the outbreak of SARs, which hammered the tiny (formally) autonomous city state nearly 20 years ago. According to…