So Chicoms didn’t force lockdowns?
I think they used the propaganda in their own people too. IIRC there was some unrest going on at the time. They did shut down if those phone gps apps can be trusted. They showed very little traffic for months and months.
The Covid shutdowns are probably similar to the efforts by FDR and the New Deal. They will be touted as saving us, but in reality extended the suffering, and gave the government more power to rule over us.
The world saw happening in China what the CCP wanted the world to see.