BEIJING — Lockdowns to stop a growing number of Covid-19 outbreaks have snarled logistics and increased unemployment across China, prompting the country’s leaders this week to order a wide range of measures to prevent the economy from slowing further.Many companies will be allowed to stop paying unemployment insurance to the government provided they avoid mass layoffs. Electricity and internet charges will be cut for businesses. Young people now graduating from college will be subsidized to start their own businesses since few jobs are available.Truck drivers will be given many more permits to bypass Covid-19 roadblocks. And migrant workers w …
