China’s economy looks especially vulnerable to the spread of Omicron
Disruptions would pose a test for economic policymakers
JACK MA, THE founder of China’s giant e-commerce platform, Alibaba, started his first web company after a visit to America in 1995. Cao Dewang, the boss of Fuyao Glass, a Chinese company made famous by the documentary “American Factory”, ventured into manufacturing after a trip to the Ford Motor Museum in Michigan. (The museum’s significance struck him only on the plane home, he told an interviewer, so he immediately booked a return flight to make a second visit.)
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Omicronomics”
Finance & economics December 4th 2021
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