The Messy Afterlife of China's Covid Data.

The article talks about the decision of the Chinese government to allow local officials to decide on what to do with the data it collected to adhere to China's strict COVID-19 Zero rules. Topics include the decision of the city of Wuxi to completely destroy stored data from its cloud computing platforms, the announcement by Shanghai that it would convert its pandemic-era health code, into a permanent city code, and the downsides of each approach.