Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, it has been rare to see high-rank officials visiting people. Sun Chunlan, Vice Premier and the head the Central Government’s Supervisory Group to Hubei Province, visited a residential neighborhood on March 5, but she was greeted with the residents’ shouts of “Fake.”
According to a video that a local resident provided, when Sun and other officials entered the gate, the apartment residents, who had been forced to stay at home for several weeks, shouted things such as, “Fake, Fake, Everything is Fake.” “The vegetables that the public can buy are too expensive!” “Formalism!”
In the discussion at a WeChat group of the residents, one person concluded, “When Vice Premier Sun Chunlan and Wuhan Municipal Party Secretary Wang Zhonglin came to our building, the property management office didn’t allow us to go downstairs (to meet them). They arranged fake volunteers to deliver vegetables and meat to us.” (Editor’s Note: In Wuhan, people are forced to stay in their apartments and not allowed to go out. The government arranges for people to deliver food to them.)
Another posting said, “The Vice Premier and Wuhan municipal leaders left in the middle of their visit (to our community).”
The official media reported that, afterwards Sun scolded the local officials saying, “Do not hide the problems.” Global Times admitted that online postings regarding the visit were basically true. The Wuhan government then sent people to go to each apartment to gather the resident’s feedback.
People have been commenting, “This is a different kind of human rights appeal under the epidemic.” “We told the emperor to his face that he wasn’t wearing new clothes.” “So glad to shout out the truth!”
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Excerpt in Chinese:
由武汉市民提供的视频显示，孙春兰及跟随人员进入高楼林立的开元公馆小区内，各栋楼内业主们便大声高喊：「假的，假的，都是假的。」「老百姓吃的都是高价菜。」「形式主义。」等，声音在空中回荡。
这位市民并提供开元公馆业主在微信群里的对话截图，其间可见业主们对当局在疫情期间的作为深感不满，有业主指「市委书记王忠林和副总理孙春兰来到了家楼下，物业不让下楼，还假装让志愿者送菜送肉给业主，大夥高喊：物业作假，物业不作为，换物业！我们太难了。」「副总理和市领导们视察了一半被气跑了，估计青山区领导挨了批评，现在社区办的来了好多人，在我们小区每家每户上门上访收集问题。」
中国官媒称孙春兰事后训斥地方干部「不要掩饰矛盾」；官媒《环球时报》承认，「帖子里关于现场的内容基本属实。」报道又称，武汉市已经派人对社区的3000多户居民逐一上门，入户调查，了解具体诉求后著手解决。
业主们的呐喊引起不少网民共鸣，也有网民对业主敢言之举表达支持：「青山（该屋苑在武汉市青山区）还是有钢人啊！」「这是疫情下的另类维权。」「『这全部都是假的！』，连听了好几遍，绕梁而不去，振聋发聩。」「当面揭皇帝的新衣了。」「过瘾喊出真实的话了。」「是的，这种愤怒的呐喊很珍贵。」一名武汉市民留言说：「全部都是假的，这句话得流行。」「这一声，要回响到历史深处！太激动人心了。」还有网民对业主的行为点赞「好好好！顶顶顶。」
Source: Radio Free Asia, March 6, 2020
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/fake-03062020061659.html