China Fabricates COVID Data: Commentator

Medical staff of the COVID-19 testing centre near the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport wait for travellers from China in Roissy, outside Paris, on Jan. 1, 2023. France and Britain on, Dec. 30, 2022, joined a growing list of nations imposing COVID tests on travellers from China after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite its surging cases, and amid questions about its data reporting. (Julien de Rosa/AFP) Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images

The huge number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 in China seem to differ from what the rest of the world is experiencing. However, the regime’s lack of transparency, coupled with the sudden opening of its borders, has pitted Beijing against the rest of world.

Former Chinese CDC chief epidemiologist Zeng Guang said the infection rate in Beijing may exceed 80 percent. The minutes of an internal meeting released by the National Health and Medical Commission showed that the number of people infected with COVID in China reached 248 million in the first 20 days of December.