China Lockdowns Expected to Worsen Supply Chain Crisis, Inflation Pressures

In this undated file photo, Chinese workers are shown in a Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, in southern China's Guangdong Province. STR/AFP/GettyImages

Lockdowns are spreading throughout China as authorities try to contain fresh outbreaks, despite the country’s COVID Zero strategy. New coronavirus infections are increasing in the mainland, topping 10,000 cases since March 1.

Officials have imposed harsh new measures on 51 million people in several key cities with robust manufacturing and tech hubs, including Shenzhen, Langfang, and Changchun.