On December 28, Shanghai citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison by the Chinese Communist authorities, sparking international concern. on December 29, U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo and the European Union both issued statements calling on the Chinese Communist Party to release Zhang Zhan. The CCP’s move demonstrates that it continues to silence the truth about the epidemic and to violate human rights, and that the regime’s existence is the greatest threat to human health and security.
Zhang Zhan’s case shows the rogue face of the Chinese Communist Party
Over the past two days, the Chinese websites of several foreign media outlets have prominently reported on Zhang Zhan’s case, pointing out that the CCP wants to make an example of him.
Zhang Zhan was charged with “provoking trouble,” but she neither provoked nor caused trouble. In February, Zhang Zhan traveled to Wuhan to record her experiences in the infected area, and posted the news through WeChat, Twitter, and Oil Tube, and was arrested more than two months later.
According to the media, during her time in Wuhan, Zhang Zhan photographed hospital corridors packed with patients, empty train stations, crematoriums, community centers, stores and more, and she had the audacity to walk into a police station and ask about the whereabouts of a missing citizen journalist.
In addition, Zhang also questioned the “gratitude education” offered by Wuhan officials, saying, “But as one of the people who care about the truth of this country, we say that if we just stay in our sadness and don’t do something to change this sad reality, then our emotions are cheap. s.”
Clearly, what Zhang touches on and presents is very different from the scenario that the Chinese Communist Party is trying to create. Her focus on “truth” and physical “change” is very frightening to the CCP.
The indictment reportedly accuses Zhang of “fabricating lies and spreading false information,” and mentions her interviews with foreign media outlets such as Radio Free Asia and the Epoch Times.
The Chinese Communist Party has been creating lies and reversing black and white for years, and the “rumors” and “false information” it says are true. Moreover, it is not a crime for a Chinese citizen to be interviewed by foreign media, so why should the CCP arrest and imprison Zhang Zhan and deprive her of her freedom for four years?
During her detention, Zhang Zhan went on a hunger strike, leaving her weak and skinny. Zhang Zhan’s mother was pressured not to give interviews to the foreign media, thinking that “cooperation” with the government would lead to a lighter sentence, but after the verdict was handed down, she realized that she had been deceived and cried outside the courtroom.
The whole picture can be seen in one case. Zhang Zhan is the first citizen journalist to be sentenced, and the Chinese Communist Party is sending a rogue signal that those who obey me will prosper and those who disobey me will perish. Those who are angry with Zhang Zhan, including foreign governments and media, should see clearly that the epidemic data and information issued by the CCP are not credible, and the CCP does not care about the safety of the people, otherwise it would not have suppressed Li Wenliang and other “whistle blowers”, let alone arrested citizen journalists. It was the CCP’s concealment and cover-up that led to the spread of the virus throughout China and the world, resulting in a series of catastrophic consequences, including a pandemic.
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On Dec. 25, Beijing’s Shunyi District Executive Vice Governor Zhi Xianwei said two new cases were confirmed in Shunyi District and that “the whole district is in a state of war”. The five streets in the main city of Dalian’s Jinzhou District are closed to people and vehicles, comparable to Wuhan, which is not proportional to the official number of cases of the disease. It is certain that the Chinese Communist Party is still covering up the real situation of the epidemic in the mainland.
Ironically, as the ruling party of the country where the virus originated and where the epidemic is most severe, the CCP continues to boast of its epidemic prevention “victories” and to celebrate them in a frenzy.
On June 7, the CCP released a “White Paper on the Fight Against the Epidemic,” claiming that “China was the first to report the epidemic and took swift action. ……” But the “swift action” that the world has seen is reflected in the “swift action” taken against the “whistle blowers. But the “swift action” the world has seen is reflected in the suppression of “whistle blowers” and the blocking of truthful reporting. What’s more, the document states that there were 4,634 deaths from the virus nationwide, a figure that is clearly false, but the Chinese Communist Party is not ashamed to say that other countries are not doing enough to prevent the epidemic.
On September 8, the Communist Party held a high-profile conference to honor the fight against the epidemic, highlighting the Party’s role as “the most reliable backbone of the Chinese people. Zhong Nanshan, who was awarded the “Order of the Republic” at the conference, is an “imperial expert” who claimed, “Foreign countries insulted us for withholding information, we don’t need to explain to them, we are using facts to explain. “
What facts do they use to explain it?
On January 27 this year, Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang told CCTV reporters that information about infectious diseases “must be disclosed in accordance with the law” and that “as a local government, I can only disclose information after it has been obtained and authorized.” This statement has caused a public outcry.
On February 1, the mainland magazine Caijing published a long article, “People beyond statistics: Did they die of ‘common pneumonia’? On February 1, Caijing magazine published a lengthy article, “Beyond the statistics: Did they die of ‘common pneumonia’?”, interviewing more than a dozen people infected with the disease, their families and doctors, and stating that the official Chinese Communist Party data on cases and deaths were not credible.
On the morning of April 17, the Wuhan City Epidemic Prevention and Control Command issued a notice “adjusting” the number of cases and deaths of the local New Coronavirus (CCP virus). For the first time, the official admitted to “omission” and “late reporting,” denying its claim of “fairness and transparency.
In May, Yang Min, a Wuhan resident, defended the rights of her daughter who died of the epidemic. She demanded that all officials be held legally responsible for withholding information about the epidemic and for crimes against humanity, that the truth be made public, that a public apology be made to the families of all those who died, and that the family be compensated for financial and emotional losses. As a result, she was once locked inside her neighborhood by community members and not allowed to go outside.
On June 30, the World Health Organization (WHO) made a low-key change to an English-language entry in its timeline of work in response to the outbreak, reversing previous claims by the Chinese Communist authorities and Tan Desai that China had taken the initiative to report the outbreak to WHO. The incident was reported by several international media outlets, and the Chinese Communist Party was slapped in the face.
However, the CCP never admits its mistakes, never reflects and reviews, instead, it boasts while gagging others, and softly and softly forces people to be grateful to it.
On Dec. 28, CCP foreign affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian claimed that he opposed “vaccine nationalism” in order to use the promotion of vaccines to give himself the veneer of a “great power” and generous foreign aid, hoping that the outside world would no longer hold the CCP responsible for concealing the epidemic.
On Dec. 23, the party media Xinhua published an article “One of the heaviest lists this year,” listing foreign leaders and celebrities who had been infected with the disease, mentioning in particular that the U.S. was “number one in the world” in several figures, full of gloating. The article says: “At the critical moment, the thunderbolt method is the heart of a Bodhisattva, but also the ability to govern.
As the world has witnessed, the CCP’s “thunderbolt tactics” include brutal city closures, admonishing Li Wenliang and arresting citizen journalists, restricting test kits, pushing infected people out of the hospital and leaving them to fend for themselves, and concocting “warm news” to highlight the Party’s These actions have directly or indirectly led to the creation of the Party’s “greatness”. These actions have directly or indirectly led to human rights persecution and humanitarian disasters, highlighting the cruelty of the authorities.
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