The CCP is into another paranoid lockdown mode, which even the New York Times admits, in a post which does not have a pay wall. The present massive Covid lockdowns, the no doubt envy of the tyrants in Australia, have once more welded people into residences, and even factories, to starve if necessary. It is done to show that Xi is god emperor of the world, who can control a virus that he sees has defeated the West. But, they will fail, as they failed before. The CCP virus is smarter than Xi. Xi though, is much deadlier.