by Joe Fotalattee
In the latest easing of some of the strictest anti-virus regulations in the world, people in China celebrated the withdrawal on Tuesday of a state-mandated app used to track whether they had traveled to COVID-affected areas.
In response to widespread protests against the restrictions last month, which was the largest display of public unhappiness in mainland China since President Xi Jinping took office in 2012, China began to eliminate components of its strict “zero-COVID” regime.
Further action included removing the requirement for testing before many public events, restricting quarantine, and shutting down an app called “itinerary code”. Critics worried “Itinerary Code” app could be used for widespread surveillance and societal control of the populace.
More than 10 years for any president is too much. They should have kept the constitutional limit instead of giving Xi another term.