The epidemic has escalated in Taiwan, with more than 100 people diagnosed for six days in a row by the 20th, raising the alert to the third level in Taiwan, with people trying to reduce the chances of going out and some areas also appearing to be “automatically closed”. In mainland China, the local epidemic has recently broken out in many places, and some local governments have forcibly locked and welded the doors of many residential areas to prevent the spread of the epidemic. The different ways of treating the epidemic on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have sparked heated debate among netizens, and experts say that the handling of the epidemic also highlights the fundamental differences between a free country and a totalitarian dictatorship.
On the 19th, the epidemic alert in Taiwan was raised to the third level, and the government stressed that it would not force the closure of the city. On the 15th, the greater Taipei area was the first to be put on alert at level 3, and many people automatically went home to prevent the epidemic. A netizen took pictures of the streets of Taipei, the MRT (subway) stations in the “empty city scene”, and uploaded to Facebook and other online communities that “Taipei people automatically closed the city”, triggering a number of foreign media have reported, saying that the extent of public cooperation with the epidemic is surprising, praising Taiwan The people of Taiwan are “very self-disciplined”.
Netizens from Japan, Malaysia and other countries have also praised the efficiency of Taiwan’s epidemic prevention: “The entire population has mobilized to prevent the epidemic, and the law-abiding and united Taiwanese people will be able to survive the difficulties”, “I am really proud of Taiwan”, “Moved! Taiwan people are wonderful! God bless Taiwan!”
Netizens uploaded a photo of Taipei’s “empty city”. (Photo/reproduced from Facebook/Tsungnan Yuan)
On the other hand, in mainland China, local epidemics have been breaking out in Liaoning and Anhui since the 13th, and have so far extended to six provinces and five cities. According to the Chinese Communist Party’s official media, 98 residential neighborhoods have been closed in Xiongyue Town, Mackerel Circle District, Yingkou City, involving more than 40,000 residents.
According to a video sent out by netizens on the 18th, “Xiongyue Town, Mackerel Circle District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province, is a bit serious.” The video on the 17th shows that the town’s neighborhood and unit building doors were sealed, locked, or even directly welded shut, and the doors of homes were sealed.
Another video posted by netizens on the 20th shows a closed cell in Liuan City, Anhui Province, empty, a resident who was closed in the unit, smashed the door of the unit to escape; another resident jumped out of the window to escape.
Twitter users have been talking about this: “The epidemic is coming again, the Chinese Communist State’s epidemic prevention reproduces the characteristics of the Chinese Communist State”, “All the doors are blocked and homes are closed, is it still far from being buried alive”? “Still doing this? I can’t believe it”, “The Chinese Communist Party is famous worldwide for fighting the epidemic!”
Lee You-tan, a professor at the Institute of National Development at National Chengchi University in Taiwan, told the Epoch Times that the way the epidemic was handled on both sides of the Taiwan Strait highlights the fundamental difference between a liberal democracy and a totalitarian dictatorship.
Li Youtan said that the Chinese Communist Party adopts a closed prevention and containment approach to serious epidemics, regardless of whether or not they have the disease and whether or not the person who has the disease is serious, they will prevent and contain people and let those lives destroy themselves, while Taiwan does not adopt this inhumane approach, “Taiwan is not closed, even if the hospital infection is not taken to closed management, closed city way of containment, but to contain the virus outside “, “Taiwan does not sacrifice any person, we will not use the model of the Chinese Communist Party, sacrificing the life and property of any individual freedom and happiness, each of our lives is important.”
He also said that the totalitarian dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party not only restricts people’s freedom, but also suppresses those who reveal the truth about the epidemic, while Taiwan’s epidemic prevention is based on transparency, responsibility, and mutual trust between the people and the government. “This way of epidemic prevention takes into account freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can effectively manage the spread of the epidemic in its own free and democratic way. “
Li Youtan said, “from the handling of the epidemic highlights the fundamental difference between liberal democracy and totalitarian dictatorship”, “Taiwan can demonstrate how a liberal democratic system can take into account human rights to prevent the epidemic, without sacrificing the freedom of life and property of any one person, to save the happiness of the majority of people. ”
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