Shipping containers at the port in Shanghai, China, on June 17, 2021. When a small virus outbreak closed a huge container port near Shenzhen from late May through late June, huge numbers of extra containers flooded other Chinese ports like Shanghai. (Keith Bradsher/The New York Times)
Like most people in the developed world, Kirsten Gjesdal had long taken for granted her ability to order whatever she needs and then watch the goods arrive, without any thought about the factories, container ships and trucks involved in delivery.
Not anymore.
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