[emptysongglass]

China's real-time maiming of its own economy can hardly be classified a "win" in any sense, especially given COVID is endemic and will always force justification of a dynamic zero policy by the party so long as the party continues to save face (which will be forever because single party authoritarian regimes cannot abide humiliation).

So few Chinese have COVID antibodies that this will remain a powderkeg able to go off at any moment. The economic harm is already done and flight of the bread and butter Made in China industry is rapidly accelerating. There's no unwinding it now.