Ekaterina Kaligaeva, an international student from Belarus, has lived in Beijing for four years and has witnessed every step of the anti-epidemic process. Ekaterina believes that China's zero-COVID policy and long-term strategy have played pivotal roles in saving millions of lives over the past three years, and that news presented by the Western media is far from the truth.

China has adjusted its COVID-19 policies and Ekaterina is happy to see the changes, saying that the city has returned to its pre-pandemic energy, with schools and shopping malls returning to normal and residents rediscovering their pace of life.