China has, until tomorrow, been in lockdown and will open their borders tomorrow, 8th of Jan. There is also the end of their brutal whole-community forced isolations.
Natually there's a lot of Chinese that are itching to travel and will inevitably spread covid. It happens all the time where you restrict movements, the virus brews then it's released and spreads like crazy.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...ts-politicians
^ I'm not convinced.