Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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China cannot hide the COVID death toll from its people
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Patients await attention in the emergency department of Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai on Jan. 3: Popular demand will grow for an explanation for the lack of preparation. © Reuters
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