Corona: How China plays with human lives – not just in its own country – opinion

China is once again on the dark side of the pandemic. The number of infections has exploded since Beijing suddenly abandoned its zero-Covid strategy. Hospitals are overcrowded, medicines are scarce and funeral homes are no longer able to cope with the many corpses. According to estimates by British scientists, there are already one million new infections every day in China, as the new wave is only just beginning; more than 5,000 people may die every day.