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As the rate of domestic coronavirus transmission in China continues to fall, the Chinese government declared last Thursday that the peak of its COVID-19 outbreak has passed. With the epidemic at home largely under control, Beijing is directing its attention to cases imported by infected travelers. It is also seeking to reshape the narrative of a global pandemic that originated in China.
Wuhan, the city in central China at the epicenter of the outbreak, remains on lockdown. But the draconian measures imposed in other parts of the country have gradually eased as the domestic spread of the disease has slowed considerably.