The German Review

The German Review

China's Zero Covid: Germany's amnesia

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Jörg Luyken
Nov 28, 2022
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With the German press and political classes hailing the ‘brave’ protests in China against the country’s zero Covid stance, one could almost forget that many of these people were competing for the crown of toughest lockdown advocate less than a year ago.

Particularly culpable was Bavaria’s conservative leader Marcus Söder, who became an unlikely hero to t…

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