The Covid saga shows anything China does can and will be turned against it

By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst 

For nearly three years, Beijing enforced an iron-fisted policy of harsh lockdowns and mass testing which sought to stamp Covid-19 out of existence wherever it emerged.

As variants proliferated, however, it became a game of whack-a-mole. Not surprisingly, the Chinese population grew tired and wanted change. The rest of the world moved on and the Chinese wanted to do so as well.

The Western media, however, despite having condemned Beijing’s policy repeatedly as authoritarian and dystopian, did not praise President Xi Jinping’s decision to change course; instead they shifted the narrative onto something else.

“China’s disappearing data stokes fears of hidden Covid wave” reads a headline in the Financial Times, accusing Beijing of a political coverup and facing a mounting disaster. “China’s Looming…