Commentary The surge of COVID-19 cases in Hebei Province since the year began has now become a new focal point of China’s epidemic. Up to now, Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, and Langfang—the cities with the most CCP virus infections—have implemented “sealed off management.” Thousands of villagers have been taken away for “centralized isolation.” It appears the Chinese regime is avoiding the term “lockdown” in an attempt to downplay the severity of the outbreak. A major feature of this outbreak in Hebei is that it is concentrated in rural areas. This goes against experts’ previous hypothesis that the risk of transmission in rural areas is less than in urban cities. What is the reason that rural areas have become the hardest-hit regions? And why are authorities taking away villagers to be isolated in other places? According to Qi Shunxiang, director of the virology institute at the Hebei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, …