Good Morning. Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations. Paid subscribers automatically have this list emailed directly to their inboxes every day by 10 a.m. EST. Subscribe here. The Wall Street Journal Omicron Puts China’s Zero-Covid Strategy to Its Toughest Test — The country’s effort to remain in a bubble points to more frequent and longer-lasting lockdowns with the arrival of the highly contagious variant.China Looks to Secure Supplies as Strains With U.S. and Its Allies Grow — An emphasis on security of anything from food to energy and raw materials comes with political overtones.China’s Startups Are Awash With Money as Beijing Shifts Focus to ‘Hard Tech’ — Investors embrace Beijing’s pivot, even as Chinese leaders exert more control over country’s tech sector and China-U.S. relation