On March 25. China decided to remove the travel ban between cities (except Wuhan) in Hubei province. Wuhan’s transportation control and people’s restrictions from going out will also be lifted on April 8.
However, there were concerns that this may led to the spread of the coronavirus.
Radio France International reported that Wuhan reported that, a few hours before announcing the loosening up Hubei Province, a doctor had been confirmed to have the Coronavirus infection. Beijing had reported zero infections for four days from March 19 to 22.
Beijing City requested that all people who went to Hubei on either a business or a personal trip not return to Beijing. Some Hubei citizens felt that they were treated as third-class citizens, where Beijing people were the first class and other citizens second class. Ying Yong, the Hubei Provincial Party Secretary “appealed to all societies throughout the nation to treat Hubei people kindly.”
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1. Excerpt in Chinese:
在宣布放松措施的几小时前，武汉的官员说，当地一名医生的病毒检测呈阳性，这之前，武汉已经连续几天宣布没有新的本地感染病例。
另据《财新》网报道，截止到22日，湖北省已连续4天新增病例零增长。但3月23日，湖北新增确诊病例1例，在武汉，而且这名病人不是国外输入的。从数据上可以看出，武汉以及湖北的本土疫情传播基本阻断，但零星散发病例和局部爆发疫情的风险仍然存在。这也是大规模复工和恢复经济社会正常化所面临的最大挑战。
据了解，武汉市市内前几天已取消了封锁，已经”安全”的小区实现进出无障碍，只有个别尚存”危险”的小区还在严格把关。
Source: Radio France International, March 25, 2020
http://www.rfi.fr/cn/中国/20200325-湖北解封-威胁是否也解除了-仍大有疑窦
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
与江苏等省慷慨激昂不顾一切复工的宣示相比，北京近来的表现就显得颇为诡异，一个是中国民航要求所有抵达北京的客机一律飞往外地检疫，一个是要求目前在湖北出差和探亲的人员一律不得返京。其余地区人员返京后需进行居家或集中医学观察14天。
这让人感到很蹊跷。秀才江湖质疑：“说湖北零增长，却不许湖北人返京，因为自己心里最清楚，自己说的哪句话是真的，哪句话是假的”，还有人质疑，如果北京开两会了，湖北的人大代表和政协代表能进京吗？
北京释放出的信号很矛盾，有湖北人感觉被当作了三等公民，北京是皇民。中共湖北省委书记应勇也被迫出来“呼吁请求全国各地全社会善待湖北人民”。他说，湖北人是英雄的人民。
Source: Radio France International, March 23, 2020
http://www.rfi.fr/cn/中国/20200322-湖北人别进京-飞机请绕行-北京你怎么啦