BBCNEWS Newsday June 4, 2024 23:10:00
There's no publicly available evidence of that. there is, though, evidence that covid is spreading. zero—covid has kept numbers low in china but, as you can see, they're rising now. and on zero—covid, there's no end in sight. this seems to be indefinite, and that sense of no hope and hopelessness is what's driving the current protests. the government censors appear mindful of this. chinese state media's not mentioning the protests, and on coverage of the world cup — as the bbc�*s stephen mcdonell notes — it's being edited, so chinese viewers don't see thousands of fans without masks....
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