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China’s Propaganda Blames COVID Testing Companies for Failing to Control the Pandemic

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China’s Propaganda Blames COVID Testing Companies for Failing to Control the Pandemic
Residents queue to undergo PCR testing for COVID-19 at a swab collection site in Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong Province, in August 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images
David Chu
Shawn Lin
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Amid public outcry demanding an end to Beijing’s zero-COVID policy, Chinese state media recently set off a wave of criticism against COVID testing companies. One China expert claims the regime is preparing to take down a powerful group behind the COVID testing industry and using it as a scapegoat to divert public attention from the mass protests fueled by draconian pandemic measures.

David Chu is a London-based journalist who has been working in the financial sector for almost 30 years in major cities in China and abroad, including South Korea, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian countries. He was born in a family specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has a background in ancient Chinese literature.
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