Why Xi Jinping insists on Zero COVID at the cost of China’s economy

The Zero-COVID strategy is Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s brainchild that has become public resentment number one in China. While the rest of the world has treated COVID like the flu, the Chinese are still subject to extensive COVID testing and lockdowns. China’s economy is in the dump, but there is no sign that Beijing authorities will soon relax. Why is Xi so stubborn about Zero-COVID? The answer is that he wants to be politically correct.