A major high-tech industry center in China is ramping up testing after the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was detected. Tightened restrictions halted production in plants run by international companies like Bosch and Taiwan’s chipmaker UMC, putting further strain on supply chains. Suzhou, a trading and industrial hub in the eastern province of Jiangsu, has reported 35 infections with confirmed symptoms in the new wave of COVID infections, a top city official said at the press conference on Feb. 16. Given the Chinese regime is known to grossly underreport its virus numbers, the official number is likely not to reflect the true total. The new infections are mostly linked to Suzhou Industrial Park, a key high-tech development zone that hosts about 100,000 companies and accommodates manufacturing facilities of foreign firms such as Samsung, Bosch, and Eli Lilly. Local officials have labeled the park a risk area, and started mass screening on …