Commentary The world will never know the true number of infections and deaths caused by the CCP virus in mainland China. Chinese authorities and state media have continued to downplay the recent resurgence of COVID-19 outbreaks in various regions across the country. However, a city in the southern province of Yunnan provides a glimpse into some of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s deceptive pandemic control measures. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus is also known as the novel coronavirus and causes the COVID-19 disease. On April 11, Chinese state media Xinhua published a positive report, claiming that as of April 10, there were no new confirmed cases of the CCP virus—both symptomatic and asymptomatic—in Yunnan Province. It also claimed there were 88 confirmed cases and 39 asymptomatic carriers at the time. While the communist officials tried to play down the outbreak in the province, authorities in Ruili city announced the …