Commentary
While the rest of the world is finally getting out from under the fear-driven authoritarian lockdowns and mandates, China is doubling down on its “zero-COVID” policy to control the recent outbreaks in major cities.
Empty roads during a phased lockdown due to COVID-19 in Shanghai, China, on Apr. 4, 2022. China's COVID-19 situation is on a knife's edge, as a lockdown of its financial hub intensifies amid a surge in new cases and new sub-strains of the omicron variant emerge nationwide. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
Author
Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
