The Battle against COVID-19 in Shanghai: A Human Rights Disaster?

To the West, the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in China is another opportunity to fuel its New Cold War

Shanghai during the COVID-19 lockdown Source: China News Service

The city of Shanghai is currently battling an outbreak of COVID-19’s Omicron variant, tallying upwards of 350,000 new cases in a matter of weeks. Much of the city has been placed under some form of lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. Case numbers continue to rise. In predictable fa…