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Guang YangThe Diplomat |
The first airtight Chinese closure forecloses gradual reform – and American policy must be calibrated accordingly.
Four mechanical seals, an asymmetric one-way valve, and a 2,200-year social foundation make the 2026 closure airtight in a way no previous closure has...
Three lockdowns conditioned a population to accept the airtight, but invisible, seal that followed
Beijing rewrote two slogans before it sealed the country – once to rewrite history, once to prewrite the future.