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2: Order a crackdown

How to become a dictator

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Zero COVID Is a Cold War Pandemic

The Wuhan model ends up being rolled out across China, dubbed zero COVID. At first, it did curb outbreaks, while much of the world buckled under the pandemic. But unlike elsewhere, the restrictions never went away. It became a cover to track everybody's movements and build an unprecedented mass surveillance dragnet.

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