Chinese censors blank after a senior party official gave a speech on the zero-Covid timeline in Beijing

By Yong Xiong, Wayne Chang and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Chinese censors were quick to remove what appears to be a misleading quote from a senior Communist Party official published Monday in state media, who claimed that the "zero covid" policy would be maintained in Beijing "for the next five years," in an effort to tame an online reaction. Beijing Daily, the Communist Party's official newspaper in the Chinese capital, previously reported that the party leader in the city, Cai Qi, said on Monday that "over the next five years, Beijing will resolutely put in place measures against the Covid-19 pandemic….