Macau operators on notice as Xi Jinping doubles down on hardline zero-COVID strategy

Any light at the end of the tunnel for Macau’s casino operators may just have been extinguished after Chinese President Xi Jinping doubled down on his hardline zero-COVID strategy.

In the wake of suggestions that recent outbreaks across parts of mainland China, including Shanghai and Beijing, might lead to a gradual easing of zero-COVID, Xi instead told a meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) late last week that the nation must strengthen its efforts in combatting the virus.

Officials must, Xi said, “Align their thinking and actions and maintain a high degree of ideological, political and action unity with the Party Central Committee,” according to information from state-run news agency Xinhua.

Source: https://www.asgam.com/index.php/2022/05/10/macau-operators-on-notice-as-xi-jinping-doubles-down-on-hardline-zero-covid-strategy/