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No shift in zero-COVID policy

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We hate to be right on this one: Xi Jinping's two-hour speech at the opening of the 20th Party Congress gave no sign that China's zero-COVID policy will be rolled back anytime soon.
Instead, Xi gave his full-throated endorsement of the policy's success to date:

"In responding to the sudden outbreak...