Chinese state media tries to rally support for zero-Covid as discontent grows over lockdowns | South China Morning Post

Chinese state media has sought to defend Beijing's zero-Covid strategy - which has become a part of Xi Jinping 's political legacy - using the president's "persistence is victory" phrase to encourage people to stay the course. Authorities are under pressure over the tough policy as China battles its worst wave of infections since Wuhan in 2020, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, with millions of people in lockdown while much of the rest of the world is reopening. Health officials on Friday said more than 100,000 locally transmitted cases were reported in mainland China in March. Hong Kong…