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China is concerned about the people infected with coronavirus entering its country from Russia. On April 13, Heilongjiang Province, a major province neighboring Russia, issued an order to reward people for reporting anyone illegally crossing the border.

The Heilongjiang Leading Group, which issued the order in a Response to the Novel Coronavirus, stated that the province fully encourages people to report relevant information regarding people illegally crossing the Heilongjiang border. A person who gives a tip to the government will receive a 3,000 yuan (US $430) award if the information is verified. People who arrest the person crossing the border illegally and hand him to the authorities will receive a 5,000 yuan award.

Related postings on Chinascope:

• Infection Count: Heilongjiang Is Preparing for Epidemic Outbreak
• Infection Count: China Started Reporting Count of Asymptomatic Virus Carriers
• Infection Count: China Does Not Count Patients Who Became Negative But Then Positive Again
• Infection Count: Hubei Was Unlocked, But Beijing Does not Want Anyone from Hubei to Come
• Infection Count: 60 Percent Hidden Infection Cases in Wuhan Are Not Reported

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On April 9, China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying posted on Twitter:

“Welcome to China anytime and talk to anyone in the streets to enjoy the freedom. BTW Where is freedom & transparency when Captain Crozier was dismissed for a letter to save thousands of lives and medical workers fired for talking about working conditions?”

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr responded with a list of people that he wished to speak with, whom the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has silenced for speaking out the truth:

“Great! First, I would like to speak with Dr. AI Fen. She worked at Wuhan Central Hospital and tried to sound the alarm on the virus. Could you un-disappear her so we could speak?”

“Next, I’d like to speak with Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin – two video bloggers that tried to bring the world a glimpse of Wuhan unfiltered by your Communist regime. Could you un-disappear them so we could speak?”

“I’d then like to speak with Xie Linka who worked at Wuhan Union Hospital. She joined other Wuhan health officials in trying to sound the alarm on Covid before being berated and forced into silence by communist officials. Can I speak with her?”

Last, he asked Hua Chunying, “@SpokespersonCHN does your offer still stand? Or has it suddenly disappeared as things tend to do over there?”

Related postings on Chinascope:

• Propaganda and Lies: Background of Phoenix TV Whose Reporter Spoke for the CCP at White House Press Release
• Propaganda and Lies: CCP’s Overseas Propaganda Tactics
• Propaganda and Lies: CCP Hires People for Its Propaganda Campaign
• Propaganda and Lies: CCP Accused U.S. and Italy as Virus Origins
• Propaganda and Lies: How China Produced Fake News of “Stores Are Closing” In Other Countries

Source: Media Right, April 11, 2020

FCC Head Brendan Carr Demands China ‘Un-Disappear’ People, Obama Approach was ‘Weak and Timid’

China is tense because it is on the alert for a possible coronavirus outbreak in Heilongjiang Province, a big province that borders Russia.

From April 4 to April 8, the official count included a report of 118 infection cases in Heilongjiang. All were Chinese people who had returned from Russia. China announced that, since then, it had closed all border checkpoints that were on the land between China and Russia. Suifenhe City, Heilongjiang Province, a main city on the border with Russia, built a modular hospital with 600 beds and would start to put it in use on April 11.

Li Keqiang stressed at a meeting of the Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Leader Group that China would send people from other provinces to help the bordering cities and regions on their testing and treating of the epidemic.

(Editor’s Note: There was a report that Russia was sending 1.5 million Chinese back to China, but it was not clear whether, after China closed the border, these people had made it into China or were still in Russia.)

Epoch Times reported that it obtained a copy of a “Notice on Treatment Plan for Confirmed Cases and Asymptomatic Cases of People Entering from Suifenhe City,” that the Heilongjiang Health Commission had issued on April 8.

The Notice said that the whole province prepared 4,530 patient beds in three regions. One region, the combination of Mudianjiang City and Suifenhe City, had 1,230 beds. The other two regions are Jixi City and Harbin City. If the patients exceed the capacity of the Mudianjiang-Suifenhe region, the other two regions must ensure they can start accepting patients in three days.

The Notice also asked local governments and hospitals to form medical support teams and virus control support teams: eight cities and hospitals were each to form a 100-member medical team, four cities each were to form a 50-member medical team, and five cities were each to each form a 20-member virus control team. It asked that the names of the people in those teams be reported by April 9.

However, since China reported only over 100 infections in Heilongjiang, Epoch Times asked what the need is for the 4,530 beds? It mentioned one possibility, which is an internal outbreak in the province. Heilongjiang showed a high alert about asymptomatic infection back in February. On February 23, the Heilongjiang Epidemic Prevention and Control Center issued a “Notice on the Management of Asymptomatic Carriers of Novel Coronavirus in Heilongjiang Province.”

Related postings on Chinascope:

• Infection Count: China Started Reporting Count of Asymptomatic Virus Carriers
• Infection Count: China Does Not Count Patients Who Became Negative But Then Positive Again
• Infection Count: Hubei Was Unlocked, But Beijing Does not Want Anyone from Hubei to Come
• Infection Count: 60 Percent Hidden Infection Cases in Wuhan Are Not Reported
• Infection Count: Cured Patients Tested COVID-19 Positive Again

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Ren Zhiqiang, a princeling and a real estate tycoon, who called Xi Jinping a “clown” in his article, “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor” (See Chinascope’s posting: Leadership: Ren Zhiqiang’s Article: “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor”) was arrested in March (see Chinascope’s posting: Leadership: Ren Zhiqiang Disappeared).

Since then, there has been much unconfirmed information about him. Radio France International reported that some said that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection locked him up; some said that he was sent to a hospital due to severe illness; and some said he held a hunger strike. There was news that five retired top-ranking officials wrote Xi a letter to request that Ren be released; those five top-ranking officials were Li Ruihuan, Wen Jiabao, Li Lanqing, Qu Qili, and Tian Jiyun. There has also been news that Ren’s business friends wrote a petition for his release.

On April 7, the Xicheng District Party Commission for Discipline Inspection published a notice that Ren Zhiqiang had violated party discipline and law and was under its disciplinary review and investigation. However, it did not mention which discipline and which law he had violated. (Radio Free Asia)

Apple Daily reported that it was Cai Qi, the Beijing Party Secretary, who decided to take on Ren’s case. Letting the Xicheng District handle Ren’s case showed that Cai Qi did not want to make the case into a big deal; he just wanted a resolution that will be acceptable to Zhongnanhai.

Related postings on Chinascope:

• Leadership: Ren Zhiqiang Disappeared
• Leadership: Ren Zhiqiang’s Article: “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor”
• Leadership: Xi Jinping Gave Instructions When Visiting Zhejiang Province
• Leadership: Li Keqiang Warned the Coronavirus Risk in China and Asked to Manage the Asymptomatic Carriers
• Leadership: Li Keqiang Asked Officials Not to Hide Data and Prepare for a Long-Lasting Work

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Central News Agency, Taiwan’s official news agency, reported that, according to Welt am Sonntag, a German newspaper, recently, as a result of an effort in a diplomatic campaign, Chinese diplomats asked German officials to praise the actions that China took to contain the coronavirus epidemic.

The German Foreign Ministry had already informed the government agencies last month not to respond to Beijing’s request.

Related postings on Chinascope:

• Diplomacy: China Asked Wisconsin Senator for Praise, But Got Condemnation in Return
• Diplomacy: Nigeria and African Union Protested China for Targeting Nigerian Citizens
• Diplomacy: CCP Changed to Hawk Style in Its Diplomacy
• Diplomacy: Pompeo “Loots a Burning House”

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has launched a diplomatic campaign, in which its diplomats are asking officials in other countries to praise the actions that China has taken to contain the coronavirus epidemic.

The Wisconsin Examiner reported that had happened to Wisconsin State Senate President Roger Roth. Senator Roth received two emails from the Chinese consulate staff asking that he pass a resolution praising China’s response to the coronavirus. The Chinese staff even provided a draft of the resolution.

When he received the first email on Feb. 26, he saw it was from a hotmail account and disregarded it as a prank. Then on March 10, 2020, he received a follow up. So he asked his staff to reach out through government channels. They were able to confirm that the email requests were legitimate. They were told that Chinese diplomats routinely use private email accounts because they are faster.

“Then I got mad, because that’s when [COVID-19] cases started cropping up here and you saw the problem exacerbated as we started to learn the truth,” Roth says. “I just sent them back a one-word response. I said ‘nuts.’”

Instead, on March 26, Senator Roth introduced a new resolution to condemn the CCP for concealing information and deliberately misleading the world. The resolution stated,

“That the Wisconsin Senate acknowledges that the Communist Party of China has deliberately and intentionally misled the world, suppressed vital information on the statistics and spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus both domestically and abroad, allowed millions of individuals to travel outside of the province and country despite clear warnings that the virus could be transmitted person-to-person, and engaged in active suppression and persecution of individuals looking to truthfully discuss information related to the Coronavirus, which has led to a global pandemic the likes of which has not been seen for generations;

“That the Wisconsin Senate hereby stands in solidarity with the Chinese people, condemning the actions of the Communist Party of China in the strongest possible terms, and acknowledges that millions, both in China and around the world, are at risk of illness and death due to the negligence and hostile actions of the Chinese Communist Party.”

The date for vote on the resolution has not been announced yet.

Related postings on Chinascope:

• Diplomacy: Nigeria and African Union Protested China for Targeting Nigerian Citizens
• Diplomacy: CCP Changed to Hawk Style in Its Diplomacy
• Diplomacy: Pompeo “Loots a Burning House”

Source: Wisconsin Examiner, April 10, 2020

Chinese government asks Wisconsin Senate for a commendation

There has been some unconfirmed information that Xi might have lost out to some extent in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) infighting.

Liberty Times, a Taiwan media, reported that Kyle Bass, a well-known U.S. hedge fund manager and a current member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, posted on his Twitter account on April 11:

“Secretary xi is in trouble within China. According to my sources within, the party elite want xi gone. The Guangdong elite (Uncle Deng’s family) are beginning to rattle the cages of change against the supposed “emperor for life”.”

New Highland Vision, a media based in New York, published on its Twitter account:

“Since last Friday (April 9), special protection has been provided to the families of the main princelings and the former CCP Politburo members. X (Xi) is in a bad state. The current situation is: Hu (Jintao) proposed a compromise plan, not removing X, but let Li (Keqiang) and Wang (Qishan) be in charge, and let X take a backseat to rest and study. Most of the retired leaders, including Jiang (Zemin), Zeng (Qinghong), and Wen (Jiabao) expressed their approval. At present, the two sides are coordinating. X has no way out and there has also been strange move of the military, too. Note: Please do not ask for the source; for reference only.”

{CS Editor’s Comments: In the past few months, there have been signs of the CCP’s infighting:

• Zhou Xianwang, the Wuhan Mayor, said in multiple places that he “was not authorized” to take action to contain the coronavirus in the early days, while Xi Jinping claimed that he had been in charge of the virus containment work (See Chinascope’s postings: Leadership: Wuhan Mayor Not “Authorized” to Release Epidemic Information to the Public Before and Leadership: Wuhan Municipal Website Defended Its Mayor) and he was appraised by the Head of the National Health Commission (See Chinascope’s posting: Leadership: A Political Controversy: Head of National Health Commission Praised Wuhan Mayor).
• Ren Zhiqiang, a princeling and a real estate tycoon, called Xi Jinping a “clown” in his article “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor” (See Chinascope posting: Leadership: Ren Zhiqiang’s Article: “A Clown Who Stripped Naked and Insisted on Continuing to Be an Emperor”).
• Chen Ping, a princeling and the founder of Sun TV who lives in Hong Kong, re-posted an article calling for an “Emergency Enlarged Meeting of the CCP’s Politburo” to discuss whether Xi is suitable for the leadership position (See Chinascope’s posting: Leadership: The Widespread of a WeChat Posting Calling for Politburo Meeting to Remove Xi Jinping).}

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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized Taiwan for discriminating against him. The Taiwan government rejected the blame. Then Beijing had its people, pretending to be Taiwanese, post apologies on the Internet to create a fake display of “Taiwanese people apologizing to Tedros.”

On April 8, Tedros said at a press conference, “Please do not politicize this virus. If you want to be exploited and if you want to have many more body bags, then you do it. If you don’t want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicizing it.”

He then said that he has been under racist attacks for months and that Taiwan’s foreign ministry was responsible for the threats and racist abuse. “This attack came from Taiwan. They even started criticizing me in the middle of all those insults and slurs. I say it today because it’s enough.”

Taiwan, though just across the Taiwan Strait form mainland China, has produced an amazing coronavirus containment result with only 380 cases and five deaths so far.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan was opposed to discrimination. “For years, we have been excluded from international organizations and we know better than anyone else what it feels like to be discriminated against and isolated. If Director-General Tedros could withstand pressure from China and come to Taiwan to see Taiwan’s efforts to fight Covid-19 for himself, he would be able to see that the Taiwanese people are the true victims of unfair treatment.”

Taiwan foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said the Tedros’ comments were “irresponsible” and the accusations “imaginary.” The ministry said it was seeking an apology for “slander.”

Then many postings supposedly from the Taiwanese people apologizing to Tedros showed up on the Internet. The apology postings usually said, “I’m a Taiwanese. I am extremely ashamed of the Taiwanese people’s racial discrimination and malicious attack on Tedros. I am willing to apologize to Tedros and all black groups on behalf of the Taiwanese and beg for his forgiveness.”

The Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Justice in Taiwan reported that it was people from mainland China who created those articles. It stated that mainland China’s Free Xuzhou Twitter account first created those postings. It made the posting into a template and called for other users to “pretend to be Taiwan citizens,” to fill in the template and then to post them. They also attached a screenshot of Taiwanese’ IDs to make it look real.

Related postings on Chinascope:

• WHO: WHO Official’s React to Taiwan Question and Response from U.S. and Hong Kong Afterward
• WHO: Criticisms Over Tedros for Being Too Supportive to the CCP
• WHO: Official Went to Wuhan but Didn’t Go to “Dirty Area”

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