Hu Xijin says ‘China may walk out of the shadow of COVID-19 sooner than expected’ | Forexlive

Hu Xijin was formerly an official spokesman for the Chinese government as chief editor of the Global Times but now he’s retired. At the same time, he still touts the party line on almost everything, so this could be the start of a big pivot from the leadership. I can’t imagine he would be saying something like this if there was no plan to ease measures.