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Fine-tuning, no shifts for COVID policy

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Expect more tinkering to improve China's COVID-19 response policy in 2022, but no major shifts.

That was the message from Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday.

First, Li praised pandemic control efforts in 2021, saying China (Gov.cn):

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