The persistence and relaxation of the zero-clearing policy proves that Beijing is "good at controlling, but harder to govern."

(Associated Press)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] The New York Times reported that in the process of China's single-minded pursuit of the new crown virus eradication strategy, the government is omnipresent and omnipotent, using unlimited resources and unfettered power to control the state apparatus.

After almost exhausting resources, the epidemic control was suddenly relaxed, and the government is now simply disappearing, just like many Chinese people were seriously infected or died of the virus.

With millions of people infected every day, leaving pharmacy shelves empty, medical staff overwhelmed, mortuaries overflowing and emotions running high, this is the current predicament.

The persistence and relaxation of the zero-clearing policy proves that Beijing is "good at controlling, but harder to govern."

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For weeks, Xi Jinping said nothing about the end of China's zero-zero policy. On Monday, Xi Jinping made his first public speech on the end of the zero-zero policy, saying that China's epidemic prevention and control faces new situations and new tasks.

He called on the public to develop good personal hygiene habits and develop a civilized and healthy lifestyle.

His remarks made no mention of high infection rates or the death toll.

Big Boss Don't Overwhelm Target Subordinates

Local governments haven't done much either.

Many officials may be awaiting guidance from their superiors.

Zeroing out can be quantified so everyone knows what to do.

Under the top-down system of the Communist Party, the big boss does not give goals, and subordinates are often at a loss.

According to the report, for a country that likes to brag about its own rule, Xi Jinping published a four-volume collection of the top leader's speeches and articles on state governance. It has no direction at the time of the epidemic crisis, making the public question the legitimacy and credibility of the Communist Party.

It also highlights a crucial thing that "the ability to control is different from the ability to govern," entrepreneur Chen Tianyong wrote on social media WeChat.

Xu Kaizhen, the best-selling author of novels exploring the workings of Chinese bureaucracy, wrote on Weibo that if good governance is about transparency, responsibility, accountability and responsiveness to the needs of the people, the Chinese government has hardly practiced it, either in This is true both during the strict zero-clearing policy and after the reopening of the epidemic indiscriminately.

The report states that China could have spent resources on increasing vaccine coverage for the elderly and increasing ICU beds, but instead spent money on mass Covid testing and building huge isolation camps; could have communicated symptoms about the Omicron variant And the scientific facts about mortality, on the contrary, stoked fears about Covid.

Instead of stockpiling fever-reducing medicines and providing the best vaccines available to the population, it has made it extremely difficult for people to purchase fever-reducing medicines and has not approved the open use of foreign mRNA vaccines that have been shown to be more effective at preventing severe symptoms Chinese vaccines are more effective.

The sudden loosening of almost all restrictions by the Chinese government is likely in an effort to make a large country rush to achieve herd immunity, but it also puts the elderly and vulnerable in a precarious position.

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