Commentary While the rest of the world is finally getting out from under the fear-driven authoritarian lockdowns and mandates, China is doubling down on its “zero-COVID” policy to control the recent outbreaks in major cities. If the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “zero-COVID” policy measures actually worked, then why the numerous outbreaks in Chinese cities in recent weeks? Why is Shanghai, in particular, undergoing a second week of horrible lockdowns, including reports of increasing food shortages and panic food-buying, with 38,000 medical workers deployed there to support citywide testing? The CCP knew about the existence of the CCP virus in November 2019 yet did nothing to stop its spread through early disclosure of virus-related clinical data and other key information that could have helped other countries combat the virus. Indeed, Beijing did not even admit the problem until forced to do so by the world community as the virus spread around the world. …