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Stock Food for Another 14 days in Wuhan 2/2

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Last time many police officers were sent from Chongqjng to Wuhan, and now they again send another batch of police from other provinces to support City of Suizhou in Hubei. It would be normal to send medical staff, but police? What else are they planning to do?

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Netizen A: Get prepared and stock supplies. From 25 Feb to 10 Mar, nobody is allowed to leave their residence. All shops will be closed! If this works, another 15 day city siege will follow. Aiming to end the siege on around 25 Mar. This news is basically confirmed.

Netizen B: Can anyone check if it’s true?

(Attachment: Government orders 2020 number 44 pdf. )

Netizen C: This is true. The measures will be strictly enforced on 25 Feb.

Netizen D: Yeah i guess it’s another round of more stringent measures. A measure like this means that the effort we put in in the past was in vain.

Netizen E: Sigh, the supply for food will be tight again.

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Notice on making purchase from a estate committee

Summary: Due to continuous outbreak of the Coronavirus, stringent rules and limitation have been imposed on making purchases and the delivery of goods in the Neighbourhoods and estates.

Only necessary life supplies such as limited range of food, medicines, and baby supplies, are allowed to be bought and delivered into the neighbourhood. No takeaway delivery and other unnecessary items are allowed.

No delivery of any goods is allowed into to neighbourhood since 25 Feb. The notice also advise residents to stock up on food and supplies for a 15 day period.

Red text: Only bulk purchase every 7 days for the time being.
After 24 Feb 24:00, delivery and collection of items and parcels are strictly forbidden.

Source: Facebook, WeChat, Twitter
https://bit.ly/2wYXNiC

#Wuhan #14DaysLockUp #StockFood #CoronavirusOutbreak #BulkPurchase
Wuhan at Night - lockup time has reached the limit which human beings can stand

Editor’s Note: In the video we can see Wuhan people screaming and roaring at night, as they have been locked up in their communities or even their homes. Perhaps this was the only way thy can show and express their anger and depression towards the epidemic, the policy or even, the Chinese government.

#Wuhan #CoronavirusOutbreak

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https://youtu.be/opFCAWZHpzg
#Analysis

Xi Jinping revealed that he knew about epidemic situation and analysis on 7 Jan

(15 Feb) The Chinese Communist Party ’s media, Qiushi, published the full text of the Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping’s response to the outbreak on 3 Feb at the Politburo Standing Committee on 3 Feb. The article shows that Xi was aware of the epidemic in Wuhan on 7 Jan and held a meeting to request for prevention and control. However, at that time, Xinhua News Agency did not mention the epidemic situation in Wuhan at all, but quoting Xi’s speaking other current affairs throughout.

Some observers believe that the reasons that Communist Party’s journal revealing “Xi has known about the epidemic in Wuhan and made important instructions”  are not just for praising Xi, showing how wise and brave Xi is, and taking responsibility off of Xi, but also mean to blame the local authorities in Hubei and Wuhan. It seems to copy what happened the Qinling villa incident in Shaanxi.

Continue reading:
https://telegra.ph/Xi-Jinping-revealed-that-he-knew-about-epidemic-situation-and-analysis-on-7-Jan-03-04

Source: Apple Daily
https://telegra.ph/武漢肺炎習近平自爆1月7日已知疫情兼批示-分析唔係為卸膊就係要問罪-02-15-2

#WuhanPneumonia #Hubei #Xi #CoronavirusOutbreak
#Newspaper

54,000 Iranian prisoners furloughed due to coronavirus fears: Judiciary spokesperson

//ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Over 54,000 prisoners in Iran have been temporarily released as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus

//Iraj Harirchi, the head of Iran’s coronavirus task force told reporters on Thursday that he had asked the judiciary to grant leave to certain prisoners to reduce crowding in the prisons and the spread of the virus.

//The issuing of custodial sentences has dropped 35% since the judiciary ordered judges across the country last week to refrain from taking more prisoners into custody.

//Prisoners with sentences up to five years in length have authorization to be furloughed

//However, political prisoners generally receive longer jail sentences longer than five years and are unlikely to be released.

//UN medical experts arrived in Iran on Monday to help the government tackle the widespread coronavirus outbreak

//Thirty-seven people have been detained for hoarding medical equipment... five million masks and 32 million gloves hoarded have been recovered.

//anyone found interfering in the health system while the country battles a serious outbreak of coronavirus could be found guilty of sowing “corruption on earth,” which carries the death penalty.

Source: RUDAW, (3-Mar)
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/03032020

#Iran #CoronavirusOutbreak #Prisoners
#Newspaper

Mainland Chinese netizens’s views on “A Battle Against Epidemic”

Editor’s Note: On the 6 March, the book “A Battle Against Epidemic” was officially called off by shelf.

(27 Feb) The book “China Combating COVID-19 in 2020 - A Battle Against Epidemic” is recently published in China. The book has over 100,000 words.

An overwhelming majority of netizens have badly criticized the publication of the book, saying that “Who would write a book on the advantages of a country’s political system when the country is half way through battling a war? What if the war becomes a losing battle, wouldn’t it all become rubbish? Didn’t Japan also promote themselves in a similar way after the Battle of Midway in 1942? They kept getting slapped in the face until an atomic bomb was dropped on them.”

Another netizen named “A sharp cut - what kind of human does that?” commented, “It’s clear how the Chinese Communist Party is severely impacted by the epidemic. Now they are desperately trying to instigate people to have faith, they must be aware of something. It seems ridiculous of the government to publish a book when the country is still battling an epidemic, but something might have indicated a trend that’s frightful to them.

Netizen "gray ghost" pointed out, "In the past, a celebration, instead of funeral, would be held when a disaster had come to an end. But nowadays it has become praising achievements and virtues when the disaster is not even over."

"This world is too crazy" left a comment, “How does one claim credits when the work is not even done? Now, this guy who personally directed the deployment but did not go to the affected area in person can't wait to publicize himself. Enough is enough. He wouldn’t even visit Beijing's infected neighborhoods, not to mention Wuhan! What a “true man!””

Excerpt: HKCNews
https://bit.ly/39zCGl8

Further reading:
Guangdong netizens skeptical of President Xi’s efforts in containing the Novel Coronavirus
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/16537

#ChinesePropaganda #WuhanPneumonia #CoronavirusOutbreak #Xi #CCP
#OpinionArticle

Finding similarities between Xi Jinping and Chongzhen Emperor at the end of the Mind Dynasty


Editor's Note: Chongzhen Emperor was the 17th and last Emperor of the Ming Dynasty(1368–1644) as well as the last Han Chinese to reign as Emperor of China. The Chinese often like to use fictional or historical characters to comment on country leaders. The writer of this essay has done a brilliant job of comparing the situation faced by Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty with the current situation faced by Xi Jinping in modern day China.

(13 Feb) Xi Jinping, with all his political might and abundant technological resources, has been sent into a deep panic over the Wuhan Pneumonia. The whole country is gripped by fear and anxiety, with cities and towns under lockdown, the furor among Chinese citizens could be heard everywhere. A fiery commentary on the subject has been going viral recently on the Internet, perhaps revealing a certain insight (into the current situation in China).

Someone recently published an essay online entitled “Facing the end of the Ming Dynasty, all of Chongzhen’s people were waiting for his orders”, which explained how the Ming Dynasty came to an end under Chonghzhen Emperor’s rule. It was censored shortly after being published but continued to spread among numerous social media circles. Obviously, people were not particularly interested in the history. Rather, they were finding certain similarities between China under Xi Jinping’s rule and how the Ming Dynasty perished under Chongzhen Emperor .

//He killed the most talented ministers, and the remaining officials were incompetent and never spoke out. They only obeyed the Emperor’s orders. In the end, Chongzhen still blamed his advisors for misleading him.

//everyone will seek instructions from the level above. If there is no direction from the senior level, then nothing will be done as it is considered the safest option.

//As for doing things that are beneficial to the state and citizens, that was not part of their duties.

//the speed of the anti-epidemic response would have been determined by Xi’s own understanding of the situation.

Full Translation:
https://telegra.ph/Finding-similarities-between-Xi-Jinping-and-Chongzhen-Emperor-at-the-end-of-the-Mind-Dynasty-03-09

Source: RFI
https://bit.ly/38qkdWM

Further reading:
Xi Jinping revealed that he knew about epidemic situation on 7 Jan
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18125

#CoronavirusOutbreak #Bureaucracy #CCP #WithChineseCharacterisitcs #Xi #ChineseModel
You only live once (YOLO), has been a trending slogan that many youngsters live by. This can be seen in their love for travel and how much joy it brings them.

However, expensive flight tickets often impede them from fulfilling this wanderlust of theirs.

In order to sustain their business through this pandemic, airlines are starting to offer cheap and attractive deals to attract more travellers to explore the world.

This of course, turns out as a great chance for student to get cheap flight tickets, and visit other countries without having to compete with crowds. However, going on trips at this point of time is extremely risky, and it may increase the risk of them catching the Coronavirus, and in turn, becoming carriers, spreading the virus to all parts of the world.

Cultures and fasinating sceneries will hardly change over the course of a few years, but fighting this virus is more time sensitive. The longer it stays virulent, the more dangerous it is for people around the world.

Please be considerate and put any holiday plans on hold, at least until we have this virus under control.

#CoronaVirusOutbreak
#HolidayPlan

Further reading:
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-travel-concerns-not-hampering-youths-from-jumping-at-cheap-flights-c-740222
#CoronavirusOutbreak #Article23 #Beijing
Pro-Beijing Camp Collects Signature to Support Anti-Subversion Law in Exchange of Facemask

Beijing loyalist Junius Kwan-yiu Ho, known for his alleged connection with the Traid attack on July 21 in Yuen Long, urged for the implementation of Article 23 on the street in Prince Edward, Hong Kong.

Article 23 is a draconian Anti-subversion law: When its bill was introduced in 2003, it said that the authorities could search and investigate any person and organization without warrant. The bill was withdrawn after half a million people took it to the street.

Source: Internet #Mar15
Namewee, Malaysian singer tells us why the name "Wuhan virus" should be used

Namewee, a popular singer in South East Asia, said in a video that many diseases are named after the place where the outbreak occurred. For example, Ebola is the name of a river in Africa. Other famous examples are Hong Kong feet, German measles, and Japanese encephalitis. This way of naming has been a tradition in the medical world. The purpose is to allow us to commemorate the place where the plague broke out, to reflect, and to draw lessons from history. There is no discrimination at all.

Namewee also emphasized that he respects the Chinese government's calling Wuhan virus as Coronavirus, and people who go to China have to abide by Chinese regulations, the same as one must abide by any other countries' regulations when he is there.

Having said that, Namewee argued that given Malaysia is not ruled by the Beijing government, why should they do things according to what Chinese government stipulates?

#Wuhanvirus #Malaysia #NameOfVirus #Namewee #CoronaVirusOutbreak

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCnJNHNGMRk

Further reading:
Apologize for saying the term “Wuhan Pneumonia”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19397
#CoronavirusOutbreak #FailedState
Experts conclude that Government-Granted Quarantine Exemption has Caused the 3rd wave of Coronavirus Outbreak

Gilman Siu-kit, an assistant professor of Health Technology and Informatics Department in #PolyU, and his team took random sampling from twenty-six patients in this wave of the outbreak. Results showed the mutation in the core gene (D614G) of COVID-19 in all samples.

Sampling included crews from Kazakhstan and four large local infection clusters and 19 samples showed exactly the same results. The conclusion is that the source of the third outbreak, which according to government experts including Yuen Kwok-Yung, David, Hui Shu-cheong, and Gabriel Matthew Leung, was those people exempted from compulsory quarantine by government policy.

Source: Apple Daily #Jul26
#Quarantine #Exemption