Stay updated with breaking news from Sun Chunlan. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- In the early spring of 2023, the roads in Beijing are teeming with cars and the air is filled with the heady scent of possibility.
Health experts proposed detailed plans for a gradual end to anti-virus controls, but the Chinese government rebuffed them and dropped restrictions in December with no preparations to cope with the chaotic aftermath, The Associated Press has found
(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI
It also included a proposal to designate Hainan, a tropical island in the country's south, as a pilot zone to experiment with relaxing controls.
Experts estimate that many hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps millions, may have died in China’s wave of COVID — far higher than the official toll of under 90,000.