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An Inside Look at the ‘Zero-COVID’ Lockdowns in China

An Inside Look at the ‘Zero-COVID’ Lockdowns in China
A worker in a protective suit walks on a closed bridge during the lockdown in Shanghai, China, on May 18, 2022. Reuters/Aly Song/File Photo
Stu Cvrk
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State-run Chinese media have been trumpeting the supposedly glorious efforts of Chinese public health officials—with their local security enforcers in the background—in containing the spread of COVID-19 in Chinese cities under the umbrella of the Xi Jinping’s grand “Zero-COVID” policy.

Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
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Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
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