Official data shows that the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in mainland China hit a low level amid a public holiday earlier this month, regardless of the resurgent tourists flooding the territory. One China expert suspects officials manipulated the data to lead public opinion. May 1, known as May Day or Chinese Labour Day, marks the first day of a five-day holiday. According to state-run media Xinhua, a total of 230 million domestic tourists traveled during the break—a higher number than the pre-pandemic tourism data. Meanwhile, domestic confirmed infections data released by authorities cheered the Chinese people up during the national holiday—only five new confirmed infections were recorded on May 5, all of which were imported cases. China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported on the same day that no reported cases of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus had spread through the system; Xinhua also reported that China …