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Xi demands zero tolerance for COVID and critics

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Still wondering whether China will shift away from its zero-COVID stance this year?

Wonder no more.

On Thursday, Xi Jinping chaired a meeting of the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) to double down on the strategy.

Xi took on the doubters and haters, tying the the zero-COVID...