Which One is Dumber

WSJ: Covid Spreading at Fastest Pace Since Shanghai Lockdown Sends Shivers Through China Markets

More than 2,300 locally transmitted cases have been reported nationwide in the past seven days, with infections again on the rise in the commercial and manufacturing powerhouse of Shanghai, albeit from a low base. The central province of Anhui, a producer of steel, autos and computers, is the worst-affected—though new daily cases appear to be falling, to just 39 Monday from a peak of 292 more than a week ago. Cases have also surged in neighboring Jiangsu and Shandong.

If this is not WW3 subterfuge, which I believe it very well may be, China has become an unreliable trading partner. If this is in response to U.S. sanctions, then China can reasonably claim this is because the U.S. is not a reliable trading partner. Events have taken a winding road, but the expected separation of East and West is unfolding.

In light of this, the Baizuo admin has been an unmitigated disaster. President Biden speaks of lifting some Chinese tariffs to ease inflation...but how does lifting tariffs open Chinese factories on lockdown? It's absurd. President Trump was a cuck for Wall Street, too weak to take serious steps towards onshoring U.S. manufacturing. The past two years are a gift to the West, in particular deficit nations such as the United States, and they've not only wasted the opportunity, but selected the worst policy option every step of the way.