//Images of maskless fans enjoying the World Cup in packed Qatar stadiums, or bars and streets abroad, have underscored to many frustrated Chinese the difference between their country’s heavy COVID-19 curbs and a world that has moved on from masks and lockdowns.
…Many calls for reopening have come from the urban middle class, but views on zero-COVID vary considerably, China-watchers told Reuters.
“There are also people living in small towns who are still quite fearful about the virus and are deeply influenced by China’s propaganda narrative that portrays foreign countries’ situation as a failure,” said Fang Kecheng, a China media researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.//
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