Beijingers line up for testing on Jan. 11.
Beijing has implemented a semi-closure of the city, but the outbreak is still not under control. Officials say the situation is serious as Beijing continues to see new cases of the Chinese Communist virus. Chinese netizens have criticized the authorities for their ineffectiveness in preventing the epidemic, angrily calling for the “collective resignation” of Beijing officials.
The number of infections in Beijing has continued to rise over the past few days, and family-type clusters of infections have already emerged. At a Jan. 11 meeting on the prevention and control of the epidemic, Shunyi District Vice Mayor Zhi Xianwei said the situation in Beijing was serious.
However, while the number of infections is increasing rapidly, the Communist Party is not counting asymptomatic infections as confirmed cases, and only diagnoses are confirmed when symptoms appear, which has been questioned as a deliberate attempt to downplay the severity of the epidemic.
Chinese netizens are extremely dissatisfied with the official initiative to prevent and control the epidemic, with many leaving messages on Weibo lambasting: “Why aren’t the asymptomatic cases announced? Isn’t asymptomatic a case?”
“No symptoms are not even notified, really.”
“The level of urban management in the capital …… can not return home for New Year’s Eve, and on the way to work to be on edge”
“Suggest that the leadership of the Beijing municipal team leaders resign en masse! What the hell is this?” , , and
Recently, the epidemic continues to spread throughout China, especially in Hebei Province, where the epidemic is most serious, and Beijing is located in Hebei Province, which is deep in the center of the epidemic area, the authorities are highly nervous about it. In order to prevent the epidemic, Beijing has recently implemented “class closure” measures, a number of railway lines shut down.
According to Chinese railroad authorities, all train stations in Hebei on the Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Kowloon, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Yuan, Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing-Guangzhou high speed trains have stopped selling tickets to Beijing.
At the same time, Beijing strictly control the Hebei Province people and vehicles into Beijing. Vehicles with Shijiazhuang license plates can only be routed through Tangshan and are not allowed to pass through Beijing, let alone enter the city. People working in Beijing were required to have a nucleic acid test report before they could enter the city.
Even so, the outbreak in Beijing continues to heat up. Shunyi District is the hardest hit by the epidemic, with many villages sealed off. Currently, there are at least seven medium-risk areas in Beijing. As early as the end of 2020, officials have announced a moratorium on approvals for large-scale performances in Beijing during the New Year. Officials have also urged people to spend New Year’s Eve in place and not to travel as much as possible.
On January 8, a total of 11 intercity shuttle routes were suspended at Beijing’s Daxing Airport and Capital Airport. On the same day, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, at an executive meeting of the State Council, stressed the need to strengthen epidemic prevention.
He also called for “truthful, open and transparent release of information to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic”.
Foreigners believe that Li’s words are a disguised signal that the Communist Party is still hiding the epidemic. Since the outbreak of the virus last year, the Communist Party has been concealing the epidemic and has been questioning the seriousness and lack of transparency of the information provided on the epidemic.
In addition, a recent report by the Chinese Communist Party media Xinhua showed a picture of Zhao Leji, one of the 7 Standing Committee members, visiting the Ministry of Transport for research on December 30, 2020, with a rare arching salute between him and officials, not daring to shake hands. This photo releases a signal of the seriousness of the epidemic in Beijing.
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