China has been very successful at preventing the original variants from spreading. So they provide an existence proof that it is possible, at least pre-Omicron.
I'd rather live with ineffective American lockdowns than effective Chinese ones, but the Chinese example falsifies your statement.
Yeah I wouldn't believe anything related to the virus coming from China, especially numbers that make the CCP look good. They have too much of an incentive to lie, even more so that its finally not taboo to believe that the Wuhan lab was responsible for the outbreak.
Stop the cringe, China does not live outside of the World. Plenty of occidental people live in China and they would report if any member of their entourage was getting covid.
Also it's proven at this point that covid came from bats.
I'd rather live with ineffective American lockdowns than effective Chinese ones, but the Chinese example falsifies your statement.