“life is invaluable.”17 The apparent success of the heavy-handed coronavirus CCP CREDIBILITY ON THE LINE lockdowns offered the party an opportunity to rewrite the political narrative of the pandemic. [...] The regime’s critics the virus, Chinese state media and the regime’s supporters tried to make certain of that by reminding the world Beijing claimed China’s success as a mark of the superiority of its should be held responsible for the global pandemic. [...] Instead COVID China was a “display of the competitiveness of China’s of the home of the initial outbreak, China tried to paint approach of governance,” especially in light of the failed itself as the world’s savior. [...] By using the policy’s success as “there is no certain conclusion as to the origin of COVID-19,” evidence of its superior system, the leadership likely feared that and “there is no evidence that China is the source of the virus the image of the party would be damaged if China experienced that caused COVID-19.”30 a major, uncontrolled outbreak. [...] The The IMF warned about the likely continued impact of the latest outbreaks and lockdowns likely will reverberate through pandemic in its most recent report on the Chinese economy: “The the economy as the year continues.54 In mid-March, Goldman pandemic will continue to impede the recovery of consumption— Sachs estimated that regions facing COVID-19 restrictions especially services—before looseni.
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