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This is the perfect time to say that the outcome justified the decision.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
People’s lives are returning to normal, and the viral wave comes to an end, so that kind of uncertainty (about the outbreak) is no longer there, and there is a need to reconcile the contradictory narrative, the credibility crisis that the abrupt policy U-turn created, this is the perfect time to say that the outcome justified the decision.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Party wants to make sure nothing untoward, such as a major outbreak, could potentially threaten social stability, shadow the leadership transition process -- and not to mention tarnish Xi's personal leadership credibility.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This provides a strong incentive for them to undertake heavy-handed, extreme preemptive measures, in the coming month and a half, we're going to see more cities under lockdown.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Under him China CDC became a more prominent actor in China's response to the pandemic, especially in the early stages of the outbreak, and also an important window for the outside world to learn about China's Covid response.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Anthony Fauci will be remembered for being more open-minded and willing to reach out to Anthony Fauci counterparts in Western countries.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
In a place like Shanghai, you hear stories that show the rise in social discontent, the rise in socioeconomic cost, but in smaller cities like( Ruili) and New York.In Dandong, you won't get a sense of what's going on until such stories become headlines on social media.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
( Beijing is) considering the perceived impact on political and social economic stability, considering the impact on the leadership transition ahead of the Party Congress, and considering the regime legitimacy -- there is a lot at stake.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
You could basically say the whole country now is like a large number of isolated islands.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Ultimately the local government officials have no choice but to do this heavy-handed approach in order to get things done in these circumstances.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Both have pursued a' zero-Covid strategy,' both have a large unvaccinated elderly population, and in addition( both) have not invested in public health surge capacity building before the Omicron wave arrived, and in China, you have a large percentage of the general population that have not been exposed to the virus, because of zero-Covid, or that are vaccinated with vaccines that( studies show) are not effective in preventing infection.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
A government failure to effectively respond to such a crisis could translate into a legitimacy crisis( ahead of Party Congress).
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The last thing that the Chinese leaders want is to have a nationwide, major Covid-19 outbreak that overwhelms the hospitals... and could contribute to social and political instability, a government failure to effectively respond to such a crisis could translate into a legitimacy crisis( ahead of Party Congress).
Found on CNN 2 years ago
China is not epidemiologically or psychologically ready for the Omicron variant, the problem is we don't know whether( zero-Covid) can still be effective in dealing with more transmissible variants.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Xi'an officials were asked to achieve( zero community transmissions) by January 4, that's the kind of pressure these local officials are facing.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This provides the closest in the world we've seen of real time samples to help us understand the timing of the outbreak event.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's arguably the most state-of-the-art quarantine center in the world, if you will -- very high tech, very sophisticated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is not just a stopgap measure. ( Chinese leaders) hold the view that this pandemic is going to take a while to end, and China is going to continue this strict control of its borders, facilities like this serve as a way to institutionalize the zero-tolerance strategy.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
( The Chinese authorities) will be constantly imposing new lockdown measures. I think eventually, the public support will be undermined.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is natural. When you're not the victims of the lockdown, you are going to support any measure that makes you safe. Even if you're subject to a lockdown, you might still find it tolerable because it only happens so rarely.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
All those strategies they used to entice people to get their vaccine... may not work in this next stage of vaccination efforts, making it mandatory may be the only workable solution to the problem.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The main problem is that this issue itself has been so politicized, makes it really difficult to conduct independent, transparent, thorough investigation.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Since many countries are planning to order, or have already ordered Sinovac's vaccines, it might undermine people's willingness to take them, because people may question the usefulness of the vaccines, it could be a potential stumbling block.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Even before this investigation, top officials from both sides have been very polarised in their opinions on the origins of the outbreak, they will have to be politically savvy and draw conclusions that are acceptable to all the major parties.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
China not only has the political will( for its vaccine diplomacy), it also has the robust capacity to make that happen.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
That gives it this leverage... to make deals with countries in need of the vaccines, health Silk Road.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
So far we haven't heard the US saying or suggesting they're gon na earmark a percentage of their vaccine to support poor countries. So that puts China in an even better situation to use the vaccine to serve its foreign policy objective.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
A lot of the suspected cases there should have been included with the confirmed cases, the numbers they were giving out were conservative, and this reflects how confusing, complex and chaotic the situation was.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It was clear they did make mistakes -- and not just mistakes that happen when you're dealing with a novel virus -- also bureaucratic and politically-motivated errors in how they handled it, these had global consequences. You can never guarantee 100 % transparency. It's not just about any intentional cover-up, you are also constrained with by technology and other issues with a novel virus. But even if they had been 100 % transparent, that would not stop the Trump administration downplaying the seriousness of it. It would probably not have stopped this developing into a pandemic.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The government efforts to aggressively develop and promote the vaccines are increasingly driven by political and foreign policy considerations.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Despite official claims that the vaccines are safe and effective, it may not be a wise decision to inoculate so many people on such a large scale before systematic data from Phase 3 clinical trials become available.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I believe it's very likely they'll be the first to announce the successful development of a vaccine, but the key question is how well the international society, especially the scientific community, will recognize it.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Almost all TCM products in China do not go through the rigorous procedures Western modern medicine typically goes through. That's partly why people don't trust TCM in the Western world.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
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