China Pushes Triumphant Storyline on Covid Zero Pivot
- Commentary in papers across nation says the worst has passed
- China issued dire warnings about virus for nearly three years
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Chinese state media struck a triumphant chord over the country’s efforts to contain Covid-19, reflecting the government’s efforts to dilute perceptions that its shift away from the stringent approach was forced by public discontent.
“In the past three years, the virus has become weaker, but we have become stronger,” said the commentary that appeared Thursday in the Communist Party’s flagship People’s Daily and in local newspapers across the country.