China's coronavirus recovery is 'all fake,' whistleblowers and residents claim

[Zapper]

China's claims of how it's handling coronavirus recovery should be taken with more than a few grains of salt.

Even before COVID-19 became a global crisis, Chinese leaders had been criticized for their handling of the situation and lack of transparency about the disease's progression. Things now look like they're on the upswing, and businesses even appear to be headed back to work — but whistleblowers and local officials tell Caixan that's just a carefully crafted ruse.

Beijing has spent much of the outbreak pushing districts to carry on business as usual, with some local governments subsidizing electricity costs and even installing mandatory productivity quotas. Zhejiang, a province east of the epicenter city of Wuhan, claimed as of Feb. 24 it had restored 98.6 percent of its pre-coronavirus work capacity.

But civil servants tell Caixan that businesses are actually faking these numbers. Beijing had started checking Zhejiang businesses' electricity consumption levels, so district officials ordered the companies to start leaving their lights and machinery on all day to drive the numbers up, one civil servant said. Businesses have reportedly falsified staff attendance logs as well — they "would rather waste a small amount of money on power than irritate local officials," Caixan writes.

In Wuhan, officials have tried to make it appear that recovery efforts are going smoothly. But when "central leaders" personally survey disinfecting regimens and food delivery, local officials "make a special effort" for them and them alone, one resident told Caixan. And in a video circulating on social media, residents can be seen shouting at visiting leaders from the apartments where they're being quarantined — "Fake, it's all fake."

https://news.yahoo.com/chinas-coronavirus-recovery-fake-whistleblowers-191300391.html

 

[RayOfLight]

Paint me surprise..

 

[khansaheeb]

China's claims of how it's handling coronavirus recovery should be taken with more than a few grains of salt.

Even before COVID-19 became a global crisis, Chinese leaders had been criticized for their handling of the situation and lack of transparency about the disease's progression. Things now look like they're on the upswing, and businesses even appear to be headed back to work — but whistleblowers and local officials tell Caixan that's just a carefully crafted ruse.

Beijing has spent much of the outbreak pushing districts to carry on business as usual, with some local governments subsidizing electricity costs and even installing mandatory productivity quotas. Zhejiang, a province east of the epicenter city of Wuhan, claimed as of Feb. 24 it had restored 98.6 percent of its pre-coronavirus work capacity.

But civil servants tell Caixan that businesses are actually faking these numbers. Beijing had started checking Zhejiang businesses' electricity consumption levels, so district officials ordered the companies to start leaving their lights and machinery on all day to drive the numbers up, one civil servant said. Businesses have reportedly falsified staff attendance logs as well — they "would rather waste a small amount of money on power than irritate local officials," Caixan writes.

In Wuhan, officials have tried to make it appear that recovery efforts are going smoothly. But when "central leaders" personally survey disinfecting regimens and food delivery, local officials "make a special effort" for them and them alone, one resident told Caixan. And in a video circulating on social media, residents can be seen shouting at visiting leaders from the apartments where they're being quarantined — "Fake, it's all fake."

https://news.yahoo.com/chinas-coronavirus-recovery-fake-whistleblowers-191300391.html

Let's see how India tackles Corona pandemic.

 

[ShaikhKamal]

Who is now more credible to you personally ?

A) Dr Li Wenliang who warned in December about the Corona Virus and later died.

B) Chinese President-for-Life Xi Jinping who first denied the pandemic and now claims it has subsided.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

If China has genuinely failed to slow or thwart covid, Indians should be absolutely terrified because this outbreak will eat Bharat for breakfast.
Start preparing your stockpiles, rather than aiming propaganda at the Chinese who gave it their best shot.

....Not that I believe this "inferiority complex" thread for even a second.

 

[JackTheRipper]

Who is now more credible to you personally ?

A) Dr Li Wenliang who warned in December about the Corona Virus and later died.

B) Chinese President-for-Life Xi Jinping who first denied the pandemic and now claims it has subsided.

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Dont Spread American Propaganda Shit here

 

[ShaikhKamal]

Anybody that contradicts President Xi disappears.


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...ssing-friends-say/ar-BB11cTod?ocid=spartandhp

Former Chinese property executive who criticized Xi over virus handling is missing, friends say

Former Chinese property executive who criticized Xi over virus handling is missing, friends say

© Reuters/THOMAS PETER FILE PHOTO: A screen shows a CCTV state media broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Wuhan at a shopping centre in Beijing as the country is hit by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus
BEIJING (Reuters) - An influential former Chinese property executive who called President Xi Jinping a "clown" over a speech he made last month about the government's efforts to battle the coronavirus has gone missing, three of his friends told Reuters.

Ren Zhiqiang, a member of China's ruling Communist Party and a former top executive of state-controlled property developer Huayuan Real Estate Group, has not been contactable since March 12, they said.

"Many of our friends are looking for him," his close friend and businesswoman Wang Ying said in a statement to Reuters, describing them as being "extremely anxious".

Also watch: China pushes theory that US started the coronavirus outbreak (Provided by Fox News)

"Ren Zhiqiang is a public figure and his disappearance is widely know. The institutions responsible for this need to give a reasonable and legal explanation for this as soon as possible," she said.

Calls made by Reuters to Ren's mobile phone went unanswered.

The Beijing police did not immediately respond to requests by phone and fax for comment on Sunday. China's State Council Information Office did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.

Also watch: Doctor who traveled to China shares his experience: People practice social distancing to control outbreak (Provided by Fox News)

An essay Ren shared with people he knew in recent weeks took aim at a speech Xi made on Feb. 23, which state media reported was teleconferenced to 170,000 party officials nationwide. Copies of his essay were later posted online by others.

In the essay, which does not mention Xi by name, Ren said after studying the speech he "saw not an emperor standing there exhibiting his 'new clothes,' but a clown stripped naked who insisted on continuing being emperor," according to a version posted by China Digital Times, a U.S.-based website.

He also said it revealed a "crisis of governance" within the party, and that a lack of free press and speech had prevented the outbreak from being tackled sooner, causing the situation to worsen.

Also watch: US needs to reevaluate its relationship with China after coronavirus, Sen. Cotton says (Provided by Fox News)

Ren's disappearance comes as censorship over how local media and online users discuss the epidemic has tightened in recent weeks.

The coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, has infected more than 80,000 people in the country, killing 3,199.

Ren, who gained the nickname "Cannon Ren" for previous critiques posted on social media, was put on probation from the party for a year in 2016 as part of a punishment for publicly criticizing government policy.

That year, the government ordered platforms such as the Twitter-like Weibo to shut down Ren's social media accounts, which at the time had more than 30 million online followers, saying he had been "spreading illegal information".

Beijing has framed the battle against coronavirus as a "People's War" led by Xi.

While the draconian measures to fight the virus, including the lockdown of the city of Wuhan, have proven effective at containing it even as the disease spreads rapidly in other countries, China has faced criticism for suppressing information in the outbreak's early days.

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Writing by Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Editing by Tony Munroe and Michael Perry)

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

of course that's the propaganda number for boosting confidence and morale.. Businesses don't just go back to "normal" after such a shock&reboot in only 2 weeks, you don't need a whistleblower to tell you that.

Basically the same thing as Indian media telling its people “we can fight a two front war on China and Pakistan”

 

[JackTheRipper]

Anybody that contradicts President Xi disappears.


https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...ssing-friends-say/ar-BB11cTod?ocid=spartandhp

Former Chinese property executive who criticized Xi over virus handling is missing, friends say

Former Chinese property executive who criticized Xi over virus handling is missing, friends say

© Reuters/THOMAS PETER FILE PHOTO: A screen shows a CCTV state media broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Wuhan at a shopping centre in Beijing as the country is hit by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus
BEIJING (Reuters) - An influential former Chinese property executive who called President Xi Jinping a "clown" over a speech he made last month about the government's efforts to battle the coronavirus has gone missing, three of his friends told Reuters.

Ren Zhiqiang, a member of China's ruling Communist Party and a former top executive of state-controlled property developer Huayuan Real Estate Group, has not been contactable since March 12, they said.

"Many of our friends are looking for him," his close friend and businesswoman Wang Ying said in a statement to Reuters, describing them as being "extremely anxious".

Also watch: China pushes theory that US started the coronavirus outbreak (Provided by Fox News)

"Ren Zhiqiang is a public figure and his disappearance is widely know. The institutions responsible for this need to give a reasonable and legal explanation for this as soon as possible," she said.

Calls made by Reuters to Ren's mobile phone went unanswered.

The Beijing police did not immediately respond to requests by phone and fax for comment on Sunday. China's State Council Information Office did not immediately respond to a faxed request for comment.

Also watch: Doctor who traveled to China shares his experience: People practice social distancing to control outbreak (Provided by Fox News)

An essay Ren shared with people he knew in recent weeks took aim at a speech Xi made on Feb. 23, which state media reported was teleconferenced to 170,000 party officials nationwide. Copies of his essay were later posted online by others.

In the essay, which does not mention Xi by name, Ren said after studying the speech he "saw not an emperor standing there exhibiting his 'new clothes,' but a clown stripped naked who insisted on continuing being emperor," according to a version posted by China Digital Times, a U.S.-based website.

He also said it revealed a "crisis of governance" within the party, and that a lack of free press and speech had prevented the outbreak from being tackled sooner, causing the situation to worsen.

Also watch: US needs to reevaluate its relationship with China after coronavirus, Sen. Cotton says (Provided by Fox News)

Ren's disappearance comes as censorship over how local media and online users discuss the epidemic has tightened in recent weeks.

The coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, has infected more than 80,000 people in the country, killing 3,199.

Ren, who gained the nickname "Cannon Ren" for previous critiques posted on social media, was put on probation from the party for a year in 2016 as part of a punishment for publicly criticizing government policy.

That year, the government ordered platforms such as the Twitter-like Weibo to shut down Ren's social media accounts, which at the time had more than 30 million online followers, saying he had been "spreading illegal information".

Beijing has framed the battle against coronavirus as a "People's War" led by Xi.

While the draconian measures to fight the virus, including the lockdown of the city of Wuhan, have proven effective at containing it even as the disease spreads rapidly in other countries, China has faced criticism for suppressing information in the outbreak's early days.

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Writing by Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Editing by Tony Munroe and Michael Perry)

No one wants to read your propaganda shit here, already spread by "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal" and others on Twitter, by showing Heart Attack videos, Door Welding videos and other shit...

 

[ShaikhKamal]

This is Pakistan Defense Forum and not China where you can censor information and put millions of Uighurs in concentration camps. You have the right to give opposing views but cannot stop another person to express his views.

Dont Spread American Propaganda Shit here

No one wants to read your propaganda shit here, already spread by "New York Times", "Wall Street Journal" and others on Twitter, by showing Heart Attack videos, Door Welding videos and other shit...

 

[Rafi]

This is Pakistan Defense Forum and not China where you can censor information and put millions of Uighurs in concentration camps. You have the right to give opposing views but cannot stop another person to express his views.

Yeah and we don't want you injuns here either. China is our Ally and we support our friends and Allies.

 

[Chhatrapati]

We can also assume, the number of death in China is probably fake. As we can see in the case of Italy, they have had far more deaths from a small group.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Congrats to China on beating Corona Virus

 

[Realtalk108]

China's claims of how it's handling coronavirus recovery should be taken with more than a few grains of salt.

I am smelling a lot of salt here and it's not coming from China. EU/US is turning into the largest salt mine on the planet .

Oh and India is f*cked.

 

[Rafi]

We can also assume, the number of death in China is probably fake. As we can see in the case of Italy, they have had far more deaths from a small group.

And for petty point scoring, that makes you happy, LoL, if China with its strong govt and massive resources cannot control this, you do realise, we are all well and truly fcked.