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There is no better current example of the clear superiority of China’s political system, its leaders argue, than the life-saving benefits of its “Zero-Covid-19” policy. According to its official statistics, Covid-19 has killed fewer than 5,000 Chinese citizens in a nation of 1.4-billion people. Yes, the Zero-Covid-19 policy has imposed lockdowns and forced testing on tens of millions of people, but are those people now less “free” than the…
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