China Steps Up Pandemic Drills, Scrutinizes Incoming Travelers for Monkeypox

The Chinese government has implemented tighter health screening for travelers from Africa, where an outbreak of monkeypox or “mpox” was recently declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.). China is also stepping up pandemic preparedness drills, which is causing post-traumatic stress among a population that fears the return of the terrible “Big White Men,” the hazmat-suit-clad enforcers of dictator Xi Jinping’s devastating Wuhan coronavirus lockdowns. The Big White Men reappeared last week in several major cities, including the capital of Beijing and the megacity of...