Local Chinese officials have been told to “use a cow knife to kill a chicken”, or in other words, go overboard in preventing the spread of covid before the 20th Party Congress later this month. In this episode of China Unscripted, we talk about the extreme measures the CCP takes to ensure Party congresses go smoothly, how people’s attitude on zero covid is changing, and how China’s authoritarian system used to prevent the spread of covid is likely going to remain after the virus has gone.