Chinese authorities are seriously considering imposing a lockdown in Beijing as confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country's capital topped 100 on Wednesday. But after a much-criticised month-long lockdown in Shanghai, such an option could have a very high economic and political cost.
At least 113 people have been infected with Covid-19 in China’s capital, health authorities announced on Wednesday, and the pressure is growing on local officials to contain infection. Some 1,300 kilometres away, in China’s largest city Shanghai, a strict lockdown has already been imposed on the population for the past month in an attempt to stem the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
