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Xi tells Xinjiang to chill on COVID control

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Time for a repressed region to relax a little?

From Tuesday to Friday, Xi Jinping made a trip to Xinjiang, where he made some notable comments on local COVID policy.

He instructed officials on COVID work in the region by starting with boilerplate demands to (Gov.cn):

Avoid a COVID resurgen...