In Shijiazhuang, queues for a COVID testing clinic snaked down the road and round the corner. Hundreds of people stood waiting, many for well over an hour. The reason for the excessively long waits might well seem unexpected, it is not because the testing requirement has been increased, in fact the exact opposite is true. Despite COVID infections spiralling in this city, testing is actually being wound down. There is a sense what is happening in Shijiazhuang is a test case of sorts at a time when China is at a pivotal cross road. The country has adhered rigorously to...