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China is one of the last countries in the world to continue with a strict “zero-COVID” policy, which sometimes entails locking down entire cities if a single case is detected. Even as such countries as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore recently relaxed strict zero-COVID policiesthat became untenable with the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus, China continues with its drive to completely eliminate COVID-19. At the start of the pandemic, the Chinese Communist Party praised its authoritarian system as an example for controlling the pandemic. Strict local lockdowns, mass testing of entire cities and travel restrictions are all credited...
