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China Won’t Give up Zero-COVID Despite IMF Criticism: Times

CHINA PRESS
MNI (Singapore)

China won’t bow to the IMF’s opposition to its zero-COVID policy as it sees the strict measures guarantee the smooth operation of the economy, Lu Xiang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, wrote in a commentary for the government-run Global Times. The IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that China's policy is putting more at risk as a supply source for the rest of the world, Lu wrote. China has joint prevention and control mechanism and will never give it up, while Western countries lack the ability, Lu wrote.

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