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Really strange decision to make in the middle of a pandemic. You would think they would be encouraging activities which enable social distancing, not banning them.

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Chinese citizens: "What pandemic?"

The Chinese government was able to control the pandemic because they are authoritarian. Meanwhile Florida just received 14 portable morgues.

Before I get the "Fake News" crowd coming at me...I was on a video conference call last week with my Chinese counterparts in my company (my first meeting) and I was taken aback when everyone in the conference room didn't have masks...then I remember their spread is basically nill.

I mean the virus came from China so I guess they didn't do that great of a job of controlling it. Not only that but can we really trust the numbers China is reporting? They have been completely non-compliant with investigations which could have resulted in saved lives. Lots of people (most?) in the US seem to have the same brazen attitude of not wearing masks in crowded spaces. Not long ago CDC was advising that people who are fully vaccinated don't need to wear masks in crowded public spaces.

COVID have been under control for a long time in CN, there’s lambda outbreak here and there, but most of them are eliminated fast. Giant exhibition have been hold for more than a year now. And CN is getting kids back to school

US is also getting kids back to school but that doesn't mean the virus is under control here. At this point I don't think there is much of a reason to believe anything China is reporting to the rest of the world.

Giant cons in China are back to action for a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzrxrN_3seo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJk7VGldrYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix1RY-2C9lA

Most of the corps are back to their 996 schedules, this includes low tier, manual heavy sweatshops. you can ask people who have contact in China, they will all tell you the same thing.

Knowing COVID, it's not possible "fake" it at this scale nor this long. They had COVID in control, more or less.

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