Assuming that we can believe the Chinese when they say COVID is the reason for all of this. That may be what they're telling everyone, but I'd say the point of this nonsense, especially in manufacturing hubs like Guangzhou and Shenzhen and financial centers like Hong Kong, is to deliberately disrupt global supply chains, possibly in a conscious effort to destabilize Western countries and governments in the lead up to war.
Assuming that we can believe the Chinese when they say COVID is the reason for all of this. That may be what they're telling everyone, but I'd say the point of this nonsense, especially in manufacturing hubs like Guangzhou and Shenzhen and financial centers like Hong Kong, is to deliberately disrupt global supply chains, possibly in a conscious effort to destabilize Western countries and governments in the lead up to war.