Chinese censors scrub internet after senior party official gives speech on timeline of zero-Covid in Beijing – KAKE

By Yong Xiong, Wayne Chang and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Chinese censors scrambled to delete what appears to be a misleading quote by a senior Communist Party official published in state media Monday, which claimed the ” zero-Covid ” policy would remain in place in Beijing “for the next five years,” in an effort to tame an online backlash. Beijing Daily, the official Communist Party newspaper for the Chinese capital, earlier reported that the city's party chief, Cai Qi, said Monday that “for the next five years, Beijing will resolutely implement Covid-19 pandemic control measures and uphold the 'zero-Covid' policy to…