Shanghai Lockdown Risks Becoming Biggest Crisis of Xis Tenure

Workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) facilitate a round of Covid-19 testing during a lockdown in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. As much of the world moves on from the pandemic, desperate scenes seeping out of China's most global city have shocked even citizens who were once staunch supporters of President Xi Jinping's Covid Zero strategy to eliminate the virus. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images