the pandemic almost two years ago and compare that to the us and the uk where there have been tens of millions in the below case numbers meant a lower death toll and here you can see china compared with the uk and the us with the us heading to whites million deaths in china is in the low thousands. there has not been a covid—19 death in china for months and supporters say that's makes the case. he also points to the chinese economy and the official data shows the gdp grew by over 8% last year and that exceeded most expectations and there are caveats. mike colleague explains. china plus plus strict policy meant that some major cities static to go back into from last month due the omicron variance and we have yet to see the full impact of that. china believes this strategy has worked for the economy and for public health. but