[Skip to comments.](#comment) Posted on 12/31/2021 11:26:47 AM PST by [SeekAndFind](/~seekandfind/) A drastic lockdown is shutting down semiconductor production in the Chinese city of Xian, where China acknowledges a mere total of 1,000 cases (not hospitalizations or deaths) during the current outbreak in a city with a population of 13 million. By comparison, New York City, with a population of 8 million, had 40,856 cases on December 30 and a 7-day average of 28,808 cases per day. Last week : Xi'an rolled out city-wide testing and placed its 13 million residents under a strict lockdown last week, closing schools, public…