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在宣布战胜新冠疫情的两个月后，北京正在扣留有关其影响的数据，并审查那些与政府处理该病毒的工作取得胜利这一说法相矛盾的人。在30多个省、市或地区，关于火化尸体数量的官方报告已经消失或未被更新。当局一直在审查社交媒体上关于 "动态清零 "政策的长期心理伤害的讨论，并关闭了长达一个月的封锁一周年的纪念活动。
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公司在年度报告中避免提及大流行病或病毒的名字，将业务中断归咎于 "突发公共卫生事件 "或 “意外事件”。共产党通过控制关于中国过去其他事件的信息，洗刷了这些事件的历史。
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历史学家Gina Tam表示，北京努力塑造公众对其Covid政策的记忆，这体现了共产党不愿意在过去让党看起来很糟糕的情况下全面反思。
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根据领导人习近平的讲话，北京一直在宣传他们领导层在大流行病三年中的决定是 “绝对正确的，得到人民的认可”。
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官方党报《人民日报》发表了一系列评论，为中国重新开放的决定辩护，声称他们在作出决定前有足够的医疗资源。
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中国的大多数人都很高兴能够继续前进，并支持政府在整个大流行病期间将死亡人数保持在最低水平。
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即使总的死亡人数不详，流行病学家认为死亡率低于美国和其他大国。
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社会媒体曾经赞扬中国对这一流行病的处理，但最近公众对其漠不关心，或嘲笑党对胜利的执着。
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上海的人们开始转发他们一年前收到的禁闭通知，并分享不忘初心的直白信息。
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一位上海律师回忆说，去年4月，她被一个住在车里的门卫关在自己的大楼里。
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人们无法忘记所发生的事情，而且不知道下一代是否能够忘记。
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中国的死亡人数有很大争议，国际卫生专家呼吁北京提供更多数据。
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流行病学家估计有100-150万人死于新冠疫情，而中国卫生当局报告有8.4万人死亡。
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由于缺乏火化数据，因此很难得出更完整的估计。
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民政部门通常会报告火化数字，但有十几个城市2022年第四季度的数据都是空白。
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南京是一个拥有近1000万人口的省会城市，从每份公布的报告中删除了可追溯至2020年第一季度的火化数据部分。
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其他地方也推迟了报告的交付，但没有详细说明何时能获得这些数据。
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中国民政部和南京市当局没有回应评论请求。
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习主席赞扬了中国以全球最低的死亡率成功走出大流行的 “非凡壮举”。
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社会工作者和妇女权利活动家Guo Jing被要求交出她出版的手稿，她的公寓外被安置了监控摄像头。
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在上海封锁一周年期间，一位居民的微信帖子不再被访问，那些购买了印有 "上海封锁幸存者 "字样的T恤的人被警察询问。
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另一位上海居民Cathy Lin被关在一个90平方英尺的房间里两个月，包括她的30岁生日。
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她和她的朋友们仍然很生气，并驳斥政府关于正确处理病毒的评估。
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郭静在离开中国之前，观看了投影在摩天大楼上的霓虹灯宣传口号，庆祝这个 "胜利 "和 "英雄 "的城市。
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当她听到一个小女孩在背诵这些标语时，她感到很难过，因为她可能不明白封锁的含义。
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Two months after declaring victory over Covid-19, Beijing is withholding data on its impact and censoring people who contradict the government line that its handling of the virus was a triumph. Official reports on the number of bodies cremated have disappeared or not been updated in more than 30 provinces, cities or districts. Authorities have been censoring discussions on social media about the long-term psychological toll of the “zero-Covid” policy and shutting down commemorations of the first anniversary of the monthslong lockdowns.
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Companies have avoided mentioning the pandemic or the virus by name in annual reports, blaming business disruptions on “a sudden public health incident” or “unexpected events.” The Communist Party has scrubbed the histories of other events in China’s past by controlling information about them.
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Beijing’s efforts to shape public memories of its Covid policies is emblematic of how the Communist Party is unwilling to fully reckon with the past when it makes the Party look bad, according to historian Gina Tam. Beijing has been promoting that their leadership’s decisions over the three years of the pandemic were “absolutely correct and recognized by the people” according to a speech from leader Xi Jinping.
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People’s Daily, the official party newspaper, published a series of commentaries defending China’s decision to reopen, claiming they had enough medical resources before making the decision.
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Most people in China are happy to be moving on and support the government for keeping deaths to a minimum throughout the pandemic.
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Even though the total death toll is unknown, epidemiologists believe the mortality rate was lower than the U.S. and other big countries.
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Social media used to praise China’s handling of the pandemic, but recently the public has been indifferent or mocking the Party’s obsession with victory.
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People in Shanghai have started to repost lockdown notices they received a year ago and share blunt messages of not forgetting what happened.
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A Shanghai lawyer recalled being kept in her building last April by a gatekeeper that lived in his car.
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People are not able to forget what happened, and it is uncertain if the next generation will be able to.
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The death toll in China is highly contested, with international health experts calling for more data from Beijing.
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Estimates of 1-1.5 million deaths due to Covid-19 have been made by epidemiologists, while Chinese health authorities report 84,000 deaths.
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Lack of data on cremations has made it difficult to reach a more complete estimate.
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Civil Affairs departments typically report cremation numbers, but the data was left blank in more than a dozen municipalities for the fourth quarter of 2022.
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Nanjing, a provincial capital of nearly 10 million, removed cremation data sections from every published report dating back to the first quarter of 2020.
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Other places have postponed the delivery of their reports with no details on when the data will be available.
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China’s Civil Affairs Ministry and Nanjing authorities did not respond to requests for comment.
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President Xi praised China’s “remarkable feat” in successfully walking out of the pandemic with the lowest mortality rate globally.
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Guo Jing, a social worker and women’s rights activist, was asked to hand over a manuscript she published and surveillance cameras were placed outside her apartment.
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During the anniversary of the Shanghai lockdown, a resident’s WeChat post was no longer accessible and those who purchased a T-shirt with the words “Shanghai lockdown survivor” were questioned by the police.
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Cathy Lin, another Shanghai resident, was locked down in a 90-square-foot room for two months, including her 30th birthday.
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She and her friends are still angry and dismiss the government’s assessment that it handled the virus correctly.
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Guo Jing, before leaving China, watched neon-colored propaganda slogans projected onto skyscrapers celebrating the “victorious” and “heroic” city.
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She was saddened when she heard a little girl reciting the slogans, as she may not understand what the lockdown meant.