2022 was my twelfth year in China, and certainly the most challenging. I did not and could not have predicted how the final months played out, where all the machinations of the bio-security state were demolished overnight, leaving a reeling country to get infected, rest up and get ready to get back on the treadmill of fast-paced life in a China that is now open for business. China is again aiming to be the globe’s economic powerhouse and an important melting pot for business and ideas.  China has spent 2022 on pause – a spluttering economy, a closed market, a…