There is the truth, as in the party wants zero covid. And there is the truth. The party wants to earn money, no matter what. So work is allowed, and ignored, just dont tell Xi and some excessive Covid measures are driven into some unimportant areas for show.
The ilusion of a strong state, the same as russias military ..
If you had massive outbreaks at a factory like Foxconn’s largest in Zhengzhou which employs 300,000 people, you would have massive interruptions to production.
Instead, they do extensive testing and quarantining to prevent outbreaks at a factory like that.
Most of the workers who work at these factorys are young and fit, and they life and eat on site. So as so often in china, local tax inspector in company inspects shipment, local covid expert certifies zero covid.
Every once and a while a higher up arrives. Before that happens, the workers are checked for covid, some are quarantined and the rest is for a few weeks actually covid free. After the visit nobody cares..
The ilusion of a strong state, the same as russias military ..