Opinion: Hunting down masks in a volatile pandemic market
(WorldNews Politics)

One of the more important words in the Chinese language, especially if you’re in business, is “guanxi.” It can be translated as “connections.” As in, “Does he have good guanxi?” The vocabulary may not be the same, but the concept is universal. In Chicago, they might call it “clout.” In New Jersey, they would simply observe that “he knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy.” In Atlanta, two denizens of the state Capitol have been living in the world of guanxi for the last two weeks, helping Georgia hospitals chase down protective equipment that has become scarcer and more expensive by the minute during this pandemic. Masks,...