Chinese citizens whiplashed by COVID policy U-turn

COVID-19 infections in China are spiking — jumping from very few cases to tens of thousands per day — and China’s government says that’s OK. After years of “all-out war” on the virus, officials suddenly insist it’s actually not much worse than the flu. Chinese citizens must adjust to this sharp U-turn in messaging. But as The World’s Patrick Winn reports, Beijing has a special tool to flip the narrative as quickly as possible.

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