[magicsmoke]

"If Chinese citizens are told by their government that covid is no longer a risk to the general population and that western media outlets are fear mongering to damage China, they will believe it regardless of the truth. The CCP is the truth in China."

Chinese people are incapable of thinking for themselves and anything you personally hear from one should be disregarded as brainwashing.

With an attitude like this, I see no hope for meaningful future cooperation. Everybody on board the cold war train.