Chinese authorities admitted on Sept. 19 that outbreaks of new COVID-19 cases occurred in “multiple cities at the same time.” Although the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) still claims that “Dynamic Zero-COVID” strategy suits the situation in China, analysts believe that this policy will make the already difficult local finances even more strained. Liang Wannian, head of the expert panel for China’s pandemic response, clarified that the new “dynamic Zero-COVID” policy can have two meanings. One, is the ideal situation of absolutely no patients, and the other, is that as soon as there is a new outbreak, patients are “quickly identified” so that the outbreak can be “nipped in the bud.” While touting China’s Zero-COVID policy, Liang denigrated the concept of “Coexisting with the virus” in the West as “lying flat,” meaning, a passive do-nothing approach. He also stressed that “quick identification” requires that antigen tests and …