Sunday, February 16, 2020

The China Communist Party knew about the Wuhan virus outbreak in December 2019

Reporter : Li Yun
Editor : Fan Ming
Publisher : New Tang Dynasty Television
Ref : https://www.ntdtv.com/b5/2020/02/16/a102778299.html 
English Translation : Gan Yung Chyan
                                 / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Tao Zhang, Getty Images

As the covid pandemic goes out of control, the public opinion is turbulent, and public complaints are raging. Who should be responsible for this catastrophe? On 15 February, the Communist Party magazine Qiushi rarely exposed Xi Jinping's detailed "instructions" on the epidemic situation, which aroused public concern. According to analysis, the pandemic in Wuhan is too big, and the CCP is desperately shrieking responsibility as it faces a fierce political remediation storm.

Qiushi's article mentioned that on 3 February at the Politburo Standing Committee Xi had known the pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan as early as 7 January 2020 and held a meeting where he put forward requirements for prevention and control.

According to the article, Xi Jinping stated on the Central Standing Committee, "After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, on 7 January, when I hosted a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, I controlled the novel coronavirus pneumonia. Work made demands. "

Xi Jinping also emphasized that the international community is highly concerned about the epidemic situation, and the Chinese Communist Party must "occupy the initiative and effectively influence international public opinion", "reactively respond to international concerns and tell the story of China's fight against the epidemic," and call for a comprehensive approach with the World Health Organization, relevant countries and Regional communication and coordination, "to seek the understanding and support of the international community."

In response, Apple Daily quoted observers' analysis as saying that the Communist Party ’s magazine published Xi Jinping “already knew the Wuhan epidemic and made important instructions”. If it was not just for raising Xi, showing how wise and brave Xi is, “paid money” for Xi, and To blame yourself is to blame the local authorities in Hubei and Wuhan, and it means to copy the Qinling villa incident in Shaanxi.

The report questioned why on 7 January  Xi Jinping gave instructions on the epidemic, Hubei and Wuhan authorities turned a deaf ear to nothing.

Looking at local media reports, from 6 to 7 January, Wuhan City held two sessions of the CPPCC National Committee and from January 11 to 17, Hubei Province held two sessions. In other words, the local authorities successfully held the two sessions and ignored the general secretary's instructions, which led to the spread of the epidemic.

Jiang Chaoliang, the secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, and Ma Guoqiang, the secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee have become the ghosts under the knife of the central government.

What made the people in the affected area angry was that Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying divulged the outbreak at a regular press conference. The Chinese side had notified the U.S. of the epidemic situation in Wuhan as early as 3 January 2020, while the mainland people were completely in the dark and still preparations for the Lunar New Year.

On 23 January 23, Wuhan suddenly announced its closure and shocked the international community. In the 20 days from 3 to 23 January, 5 million Wuhan people left Wuhan. Among them, many potential virus carriers brought the virus to the whole country and around the world, eventually leading to the global covid pandemic!

In fact, a pneumonia epidemic broke out in Wuhan in early December 2019. It was not until Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang met on 20 January that they "drew great attention and do their best for prevention and control."

The epidemic situation was only unveiled after the Wuhan authorities announced that they had "closed the city." The analysis shows that the authorities in Hubei and Wuhan concealed the epidemic from 1.4 billion Chinese people, and the evidence is strong.

So, who should be responsible for the huge disaster in Wuhan? Hubei or Beijing?

On 26 January, the Hubei Provincial Government of the Communist Party of China held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control. 

Wuhan authorities: reported epidemic situation to the Beijing government in December

When the Wuhan authorities were accused of delaying the best time to fight the epidemic, so that the epidemic spread across the country and spread to the world, the mayor of Wuhan began to shriek his responsibility.

On the evening of January 27, Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang said in an interview with CCTV that the epidemic situation "is not timely disclosed, and everyone must understand this point." Because pneumonia this time is an infectious disease, it must be disclosed according to law. Zhou also said that he had reported to Beijing as early as January, and as a local government officer, he had to be authorized to disclose the epidemic.

Mayor Zhou's statement was interpreted as blaming high-level CCP officials for the delay in reporting the outbreak.

Wuhan's official website "Hanwang" also came forward and published an article to defend the Wuhan authorities.


The article said many people believe that Zhou Xianwang has an inescapable main responsibility for the spread of the epidemic throughout the country, but who can take a rational view of the helplessness behind the mayor? As early as December of the outbreak, Wuhan has reported the situation to the national health department. The expert team also went to Wuhan to investigate and give preliminary conclusions.

However, Zhou Xianwang, as the mayor of Wuhan, has no professional medical background. Why is it wrong to follow the advice of experts?

Fa Guang said that here is no longer a simple tossing pot. In the official website of Wuhan, the Wuhan authorities' methods are legal and reasonable, and they are heroic acts that take unprecedented huge risks!

"What's wrong with this?" This sentence no doubt points to the central government in Beijing. Wuhan Municipal Party Committee Secretary Ma Guoqiang and Zhou Xianwang also publicly stated a few days ago that “if only measures are taken sooner”, they must wait for the “authorization” by the central government, and then the relevant statements of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee Secretary and the Governor were deemed a "shaking pot".

He Qinglian, an economist in the United States, analyzed that anyone who is familiar with the politics of the Communist Party of China, especially the history of the struggle within the party, understands that even if the superior is wrong, the subordinate is "slave and deserve to be punished. If it weren't for someone behind, borrowing some courage from the local authorities, wouldn't dare to open the pot to the central leadership.


The Chinese Communist Party faces a more intense political remediation storm

Many analysts believe that the CCP ’s blockade of speech has delayed precious time to fight the epidemic. Today, Xi Jinping rarely reveals that he has personally instructed prevention and control of the epidemic.

"The Epoch Times" current political commentator Xia Xiaoqiang analyzed that the Sino-US trade war and Wuhan pneumonia caused severe impacts and losses on the Chinese economy. Xi Jinping's internal political opponents took the trouble and challenged Xi ’s authority.

And Xi Jinping ’s public "swinging the pot" does not merely mean that he is finished with a gesture. This will signal that the CCP is facing a fierce political remediation storm.

In the brutal and difficult political environment and operating rules of the Communist Party of China, any top leader showing weakness to his political opponents will face step-down and death. Therefore, as long as the CCP system is still in place, Xi Jinping will inevitably launch a counterattack against political opponents.

According to the analysis, under the rule of the Communist Party of China, any major natural disasters and man-made disasters will cause serious injuries and deaths to the people. At the same time, these natural disasters and man-made disasters will also become tools of the CPC's high-level political struggle. While the epidemic in Wuhan is raging and the death toll is rising, fierce internal fighting among the Communist Party of China is ongoing.

On 11 February, Xi Jinping replaced the secretary and director of the Hubei Health and Health Commission, and Wang Hesheng, who was sent by Beijing, held both posts. A close relative of Xi Jinping, Chen Yixin, as the deputy leader of the Central Steering Group, directed the epidemic in Wuhan.

On 13 February, Xi Jinping reassigned his former Zhejiang Ministry and Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong to replace Jiang Chaoliang, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee; and Wang Zhonglin, secretary of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee, replaced Ma Guoqiang, secretary of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee. All party and government leaders in Wuhan and even in Hubei are in the same shape.

Minxin Pei, a researcher on Chinese issues at Claremont McKenna College in California, USA, says the political crisis that Xi Jinping has brought to the epidemic is on the rise.

He said that under the control of the pneumonia epidemic, Xi Jinping announced the removal of several Chinese officials. This move not only transferred some responsibilities, but also showed through  officials arriving in Wuhan that Xi is still fully responsible, "because you must see who is appointed to take over Hubei Province .

Arriving in Hubei was the current Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong, the former ministry of Xi Jinping in charge of Zhejiang Province. Obviously, Xi Jinping is showing everyone that there are people who learn from themselves on Wuhan's site, and they will do better.

Will the epidemic accelerate the change of the Chinese Communist regime? Pei Minxin analyzed that the epidemic caused a major blow to the authority of the Communist Party of China. The victims were the Chinese middle class. They were also watching how the government handled the crisis. They were also asking if a more capable government could be elected to manage the country.

He Qinglian analyzed that with the onset of Wuhan pneumonia, due to the CCP ’s blockade of information and delay in taking action, it finally brought about international public health emergencies that have affected the country and more than 20 countries in the world, and Xi Jinping fell into a very passive political dilemma.

On 7 February, Dr. Li Wenliang, who first disclosed the epidemic, passed away, and the people were angry. Xi Jinping turned into a defensive attack. The State Council ’s Supervisory Committee of the Communist Party of China announced that it sent an ad hoc group to investigate the comprehensive issues involved in Li Wenliang ’s incident, leading the public ’s strong dissatisfaction with government-controlled speech to Li Wenliang ’s death itself.

After the Li Wenliang investigation team was dispatched, the official media cooperated with the propaganda and praised Li Wenliang, so that Xi Jinping turned from passive to active, from the first person to be blamed by the world to the monitor and the investigator. Let the public regard the Hubei authorities as evil officials and cruel officials who framed loyalty.

Then it was logical to replace Hubei's high-rise. Current political commentator Li Linyi analyzed that from the perspective of Ying Yong, Wang Zhonglin and others who have political and legal system resumes, the CCP transferred them to govern Hubei to focus on maintaining stability.

Li Linyi said that this is justified by the fact that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China does not have an expert, but has the Minister of Public Security and a number of cultural and publicity officials. The emphasis is on maintaining stability, not epidemic prevention. What the CCP is most worried about in the face of the pandemic is not the health of the people, but whether its regime will fall.

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