Xinhua, the official media of the Communist Party of China, criticized Ruili for not learning a lesson, but it triggered a large number of discontent among Ruili people involved in border security, who asked it to “get out” and apologize. The photo shows netizens taking pictures of the border between China and Myanmar. (Weibo photo)
After 198 days, the Yunnan border city of Ruili has been closed again due to the presence of several confirmed cases. Xinhua, the official media of the Communist Party of China, criticized Ruili for not learning its lesson, which led to the discontent of a large number of Ruili residents who were involved in guarding the border.
Yunnan announced on March 31 that six new cases were confirmed in the province on March 30, and three new “asymptomatic infections” were reported, all in Ruili city. Five of the confirmed cases are Chinese nationals, while one confirmed case and three “asymptomatic infections” are Burmese nationals.
Ruili was also closed in September last year due to the current Epidemic, when officials said that the epidemic in Ruili was caused by the smuggling of people of Burmese origin into the city.
Ruili is located on the border between China and Myanmar, and people come and go frequently. The Xinhua Daily Telegraph, a newspaper sponsored by Xinhua News Agency, the official media of the Communist Party of China (CPC), asked in a 31-day article that six new cases of the disease have been confirmed in Ruili, Yunnan Province.
According to the article, “What is worth asking is that in September last year, the city of Ruili had a number of confirmed cases and travel restrictions due to the smuggling of Burmese nationals into the country. This Time, four Burmese nationals were among the newly diagnosed cases and new asymptomatic infections. One wonders if the lessons learned last time have been translated into more effective preventive measures. Does it mean that there are still loopholes in the local ‘external prevention input’ that have not been closed?”
But this questioning has left the local population, especially the large number of people involved in border security, extremely unhappy. Some local people revealed that since the epidemic in September last year, various units in Ruili were on 24-hour guard, and a large number of people were forced to participate in guarding the border.
Many people questioned the Xinhua News Agency for only being a keyboard warrior and having no conscience, leaving the local people fighting the epidemic cold, and have asked Xinhua to apologize.
“Xinhua News Agency ‘get out’ and apologize.”
A local netizen questioned, “Do you know how long the border of Yunnan is, Ruili is close to Myanmar, the smuggling of the inexhaustible defense, not set up a few checkpoints can be guarded, do not stand to speak not waist pain, at least understand clearly before bleeping it!
There are also people reprimanded: “Chilling. All the citizens of Ruili City almost New Year’s Eve are guarding the border, how to prevent?”
“As the official media of a large country, open your mouth! As a journalist, not factual before writing! At the worst time of the epidemic in Ruili, maliciously leading public opinion! Is this the attitude of your agency to report factual news? You have chilled the hearts of many people fighting the epidemic, and you can accept corrective actions, but not unreasonable accusations.”
Numerous netizens told the story of their own or their Family members’ hard work in guarding the border, refuting Xinhua’s unfounded accusations. (Weibo photo composite)
More than a few netizens asked Xinhua to come out and apologize.
A netizen left a message saying that his father had worked hard to prevent the epidemic and his hair had turned gray, and that many soldiers had died on the front line, and scolded, “What the hell are you, a Xinhua News Agency, denying the efforts of so many people on the border? “For the sake of eyeballs without conscience”, want Xinhua News Agency “get out and apologize!”
Netizens want Xinhua News Agency to come out and apologize! (Weibo photo)
“Why don’t you know how to guard the border line? So long border line defense, an official media so accountable, not to mention Ruili people are cold, as Dali people are also cold @ Xinhua News Agency to come out and apologize!
“Xinhua News Agency still does not come out to apologize? You hurt the hearts of how many people who have worked tirelessly for the prevention and control of the epidemic ……”
“As a big media, why do you want to lead the bad public opinion wind? Give me out to apologize to the people of the border guard!!!”
“Xinhua News Agency apologize to the soldiers guarding the border in Dehong, or we Dehong people donate to help you buy tickets you fly over to guard the border!”
Netizens are dissatisfied with the authorities’ accusations. (Microblog screenshot composite)
Information shows that Ruili city is located in the southwest border of China, and Myanmar’s port city of Muse adjacent to the border line is close to 170 kilometers long, including 105 kilometers of rivers and 65 kilometers of land roads.
Ruili port is the port with the largest flow of people, vehicles and goods among the land ports in China and Myanmar. According to official data from the Communist Party of China, the number of people entering and leaving the port exceeded nearly 17 million in 2019.
Photo shows netizens photographing border guards at the China-Myanmar border. (Weibo photo)
Xinhua News Agency deleted the topic
After being bombarded by netizens, Xinhua then deleted the topic on Weibo, but the residual anger of local people has not yet subsided.
“Does it help to delete the topic? Get out and apologize!”
“How also deleted the blog, you think the microblogging deleted, such a brainless speech to the people of Yunnan caused by the harm and questioning can follow no longer?”
“Big night to see this kind of topic I TM speechless, or journalists to take the keyboard to guard, or to repair a Great Wall to, but also watching the topic was eliminated, more TM speechless!”
“How, afraid? Even the topic is not given to bring? You are not people ah, say what crazy batch of words, you try you to guard to see this side of the border line, standing talking does not hurt it you, feelings you a word can put the whole China guard it?”
“Why do you want to delete the topic? Nowadays, the mainstream media does not review articles? This is a good time to send such an inappropriate article? For the sake of traffic? The company’s mainstay is the company’s own company. How about changing a few Xinhua commentators to guard the border in Ruili, or stand on the moral high ground and blame others for too long easy back pain, do you know how hard it is for every staff member to leave Home day and night on the border line? Xinhua must apologize to all the staff guarding the borderline!!!”
“Delete the topic seems to be intended to not end, please Xinhua News Agency Yi reporter to Ruili border guards apologize!!!”
Netizens are dissatisfied with the authorities’ accusations. (Microblog screenshot composite)
Netizens: many people died guarding the border
In the rebuttal to Xinhua’s post, several netizens revealed that many people died in the process of guarding the border: some netizens said, “Since the outbreak of the epidemic in Ruili last year, Ruili City units began to package sections of 24-hour guard, behind the state direct units also support to guard the border. I went once before the year, our units are divided into okay, is in the fortress inside, but many units are directly to the mountains, regardless of men and women, is hard to guard.”
“Ruili many borders are close to Myanmar, our unit there across the Chinese side of the farmland pulled barbed wire, at the beginning of the month when the police hundreds of times, in the middle of the night there are Burmese cut the wire drill over to be caught, it is easy to smooth a little, Myanmar and the outbreak of coups.”
The netizen also revealed that “Ruili belongs to” Dehong state in the border guard has died and injured many people, so long border line, on the people to guard the useful? Now also by the central media reproach, wait until the border line of Ruili all set up on the gun, all electricity, all built into the wall, and then send these chilling accusations.
Ruili netizens revealed that many people died guarding the border. (Microblog screenshot)
There are also netizens disclosed that border guards died, but the media does not report: “a batch of soldiers, a batch of militia teams composed of local people …… a cold question to ignore the efforts of others? How the border line for the border guard to give their lives do not deserve to be respected? When someone died to guard the border did not come to report, but now instead of the accident to question? Don’t you have any moral bottom line?”
“Before the accident, I didn’t see your high and mighty Xinhua News Agency donate some materials to our border and contribute some manpower. Is the deployment of the country for our border guard work is not in place? Say something to trouble a responsibility! Now find things are not right, delete the microblogging, really know how to operate, really nm will dump the pot!”
The netizen also blasted Xinhua: “People who only tap the keyboard, sitting in the opulent restaurant to eat when the border guard people on the border line is still patrolling; you high up in the mountains and sea Food, wine tasting when the border guard people around the humble fire to eat; you are ready to sleep when the border guard people are still playing torch to catch the smugglers. Poor, poor, poor people on the border, so hard to prevent the epidemic, but also to be pointed at and scolded; ridiculous, ridiculous, there are always sb standing on the moral high ground to criticize others, but they still look innocent. This is how these educated media people and journalists behave, it’s pathetic. Please, please come to our border line to build a great wall, we border people directly donate bricks to you ah!”
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