China grows more isolated as Asia Pacific neighbors start living with Covid-19
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/31/asia/china-japan-south-korea-covid-intl-dst-hnk/index.html
China must be worrying about effectiveness of Sinovac and Sinofarm, both of which are made in China. So, the time when China eases restriction will be after the countries without vaccine or with mainly Sinovac or Sinopharm recover from pandemic.
