China's pandemic policy, once hailed for its ability to suppress outbreaks, now looks futile and economically damaging.
while taking them to a quarantine center in Guizhou, still looms large. Students at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics argued with staff this week over being transported late at night to quarantine locations.“Transparency is really important. We can’t accept these measures because we don’t know what’s going on. What we want is clarity about what is being done to us and a choice in it.
But there are few signs China is preparing to move in that direction. Liang Wannian, an epidemiologist and senior government adviser, said in a recent , the government feels little pressure to abandon the policy. Its latest tally shows barely 5,200 deaths.
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