Might be worth considering the Chinese political culture as well. There's a long-rooted belief in a kind-of Mandate From Heaven. Good leaders are blessed with fair weather and good fortune. Bad leaders are plagued by natural disasters and wars and the like.
Keeping pandemic at bay is as much a matter of political necessity as economic necessity. Unlike in the States, when a plague rips through the population, Chinese people start insisting that their leadership needs to GTFO. And given the stakes at play, that would make Beijing a ripe target for US regime-change strategies.
Might be worth considering the Chinese political culture as well. There's a long-rooted belief in a kind-of Mandate From Heaven. Good leaders are blessed with fair weather and good fortune. Bad leaders are plagued by natural disasters and wars and the like.
Keeping pandemic at bay is as much a matter of political necessity as economic necessity. Unlike in the States, when a plague rips through the population, Chinese people start insisting that their leadership needs to GTFO. And given the stakes at play, that would make Beijing a ripe target for US regime-change strategies.