Wuhan diary censored by Chinese government
After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary, from December to March, about the coronavirus tragedy unfolding in her hometown, Wuhan. Fang Fang, who uses her pen name rather than her birth name, Wang Fang, called herself a witness of this #pandemic.
Her online diary, though sometimes censored, became vital reading for tens of millions of Chinese readers — a plain-spoken, spontaneous view into Wuhan residents’ fears, frustrations, and hopes during their 11 weeks under lockdown in their homes. Many netizens were impressed by her courageous behaviour. However, she was cyberbullied by fringe nationalists and had even received death threats. Publishers in #China who were interested in her diary are now hesitating due to the controversy because politically sensitive content is often censored or banned in China. Moreover, when the dairy is about to be published abroad in several languages, she is facing a nationalist backlash at home.
Critics say Fang Fang is providing fodder to countries that have slammed Beijing’s handling of the pandemic, but she contends that readers will discover the effective measures that China took against the epidemic.
According to Fang Fang, she just wants to highlight the bravery of frontline workers and neighbors helping neighbors, while vowing to hold to account officials who let the virus spread. And the most important thing is to seek justice for those who died innocently. With no surprise her work is not appreciated by the Chinese government and as such she is monitored or under custody.
If witnesses are not allowed to give accounts of their experiences and feelings, who's gonna record the history? Are governments entitled to write history whatever way they want and to remove the parts they don't want the world to know?
#FangFangDairy #WuhanFlu #Censorship #FangFang
Further reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/world/asia/coronavirus-china-fang-fang-author.html
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/23/chinese-writer-fang-fang-faces-backlash-and-death-threats-for-wuhan-diary/
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19338
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18943
After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary, from December to March, about the coronavirus tragedy unfolding in her hometown, Wuhan. Fang Fang, who uses her pen name rather than her birth name, Wang Fang, called herself a witness of this #pandemic.
Her online diary, though sometimes censored, became vital reading for tens of millions of Chinese readers — a plain-spoken, spontaneous view into Wuhan residents’ fears, frustrations, and hopes during their 11 weeks under lockdown in their homes. Many netizens were impressed by her courageous behaviour. However, she was cyberbullied by fringe nationalists and had even received death threats. Publishers in #China who were interested in her diary are now hesitating due to the controversy because politically sensitive content is often censored or banned in China. Moreover, when the dairy is about to be published abroad in several languages, she is facing a nationalist backlash at home.
Critics say Fang Fang is providing fodder to countries that have slammed Beijing’s handling of the pandemic, but she contends that readers will discover the effective measures that China took against the epidemic.
According to Fang Fang, she just wants to highlight the bravery of frontline workers and neighbors helping neighbors, while vowing to hold to account officials who let the virus spread. And the most important thing is to seek justice for those who died innocently. With no surprise her work is not appreciated by the Chinese government and as such she is monitored or under custody.
If witnesses are not allowed to give accounts of their experiences and feelings, who's gonna record the history? Are governments entitled to write history whatever way they want and to remove the parts they don't want the world to know?
#FangFangDairy #WuhanFlu #Censorship #FangFang
Further reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/world/asia/coronavirus-china-fang-fang-author.html
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/23/chinese-writer-fang-fang-faces-backlash-and-death-threats-for-wuhan-diary/
At Least Three Citizen Journalists and One Photographer Gone Missing in China During Coronavirus Pandemic
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19338
Chinese executive who called Xi a 'clown' over coronavirus response 'is missing'
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/18943
Nytimes
She Kept a Diary of China’s Epidemic. Now She Faces a Political Storm. (Published 2020)
“If authors have any responsibilities in the face of disaster, the greatest of them is to bear witness.” Here are excerpts from the author Fang Fang’s controversial chronicle of life and death in Wuhan.
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Chinese doctor suggests nutritious foods for children’s breakfast instead of congee; Chinese netizens: “unpatriotic and a western worshipper”
(24 Apr) Doctor Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infections of the Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, suggested that children should have nutritious and high protein foods for their breakfast instead of congee to fight against COVID-19. However, he was criticized by Chinese netizens as “unpatriotic and a western worshipper”.
He explained that nutritious and high protein food, such as milk and eggs, is good for children’s immune systems. Despite being criticized by many Chinese netizens, Zhang stood firm elaborating that protein is essential for the human immune system as it helps create antibodies to fight the virus. He also added that children should also take Vitamin C supplements.
Chinese netizens reacted aggressively to Zhang’s speech, “what is the issue of having congee as breakfast? This is a traditional food for the Chinese, why are you saying it is not nutritious?”
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Chinese-doctor-suggests-nutritious-foods-for-childrens-breakfast-instead-of-congee-Chinese-netizens-unpatriotic-and-a-western-wo-05-06
Source: Citizen News
https://bit.ly/2YEBM4x
#chauvinsim #CCP #ZhangWenhong #Chinesepropaganda #Congee #WesternWorshipper #patriotism #Nationalism #Fangfang
Chinese doctor suggests nutritious foods for children’s breakfast instead of congee; Chinese netizens: “unpatriotic and a western worshipper”
(24 Apr) Doctor Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infections of the Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, suggested that children should have nutritious and high protein foods for their breakfast instead of congee to fight against COVID-19. However, he was criticized by Chinese netizens as “unpatriotic and a western worshipper”.
He explained that nutritious and high protein food, such as milk and eggs, is good for children’s immune systems. Despite being criticized by many Chinese netizens, Zhang stood firm elaborating that protein is essential for the human immune system as it helps create antibodies to fight the virus. He also added that children should also take Vitamin C supplements.
Chinese netizens reacted aggressively to Zhang’s speech, “what is the issue of having congee as breakfast? This is a traditional food for the Chinese, why are you saying it is not nutritious?”
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Chinese-doctor-suggests-nutritious-foods-for-childrens-breakfast-instead-of-congee-Chinese-netizens-unpatriotic-and-a-western-wo-05-06
Source: Citizen News
https://bit.ly/2YEBM4x
#chauvinsim #CCP #ZhangWenhong #Chinesepropaganda #Congee #WesternWorshipper #patriotism #Nationalism #Fangfang
Telegraph
Chinese doctor suggests nutritious foods for children’s breakfast instead of congee; Chinese netizens: “unpatriotic and a western…
(24 Apr) Doctor Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infections of the Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, suggested that children should have nutritious and high protein foods for their breakfast instead of congee to fight…