Behind China’s Zero-COVID Policy Lies Profits for Elite Interest Groups, Leaked Recording Shows

Behind China’s Zero-COVID Policy Lies Profits for Elite Interest Groups, Leaked Recording Shows
People line up to get a swab for the COVID-19 test at a hospital in Beijing, on Jan. 23, 2022. Andy Wong/AP Photo
Jennifer Bateman
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Recently, a leaked recording of an alleged conversation with Harvard scholar Huang Wansheng in January at a private gathering in China circulated on the internet. Surprisingly, Huang revealed that Beijing’s real intention in adopting the zero-COVID policy is to help the regime’s elite interest groups make a lot of money. He also said that China lags far behind the United States in 5G, quantum computing, and gene technology.
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