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Chinese state media on Monday sought to pass off the huge wave of coronavirus illness and death that swept across the country over the past month as a “smooth transition” to a new era of looser restrictions and renewed economic activity.
The state-run Global Times on Monday claimed China’s “epidemic wave” is over, having ended as abruptly as it began, with no sign of increased infections during the heavy travel of the Lunar New Year holiday season.
On the contrary, a “new market boom” was unleashed by the holiday – the first Spring Festival since China “optimized” its coronavirus policies – and the rest of the world is supposedly in awe of China’s achievement. All Western media coverage to the contrary was dismissed as an orchestrated “public opinion offensive against China.”
“Facts speak louder than speculations. The fresh attempts by some U.S. and Western media outlets to badmouth China by virtue of the latter’s optimization of Covid response have already backfired. The recent changes in these U.S. and Western media’s reports demonstrate that China has achieved a smooth transition, and their recent smears don’t hold water,” the Global Times sneered.
