Wuhan Airport Bus Line Schedules with effect from 1 June 2020

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA

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There are 4 airport bus lines at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Service hours from 1 June 2020 are as follows:

Airport Line 1: Tianhe Airport-Wuhan Railway Station Direct Express

The first station (Tianhe Airport) opens at 8.50 am closes at 5.30 pm.

The last station (Wuhan Railway Station) opens at 8.30 am and closes at 5.30 pm.

The departure time interval is 60 minutes, and it is a direct route without stopovers.

Airport Line 2: Tianhe Airport-Fujiapo Bus Terminal

The first station (Tianhe Airport) is open and closed for

Day shift: 8: 00-16: 00 (departure interval 60 minutes)

Night shift: 21:00-end of flight (departure interval is 60-90 minutes)

The last station (Fujiapo Passenger Station) opens at 8 am and closes at 4 pm (departure interval is 60 minutes).

Stops along the way: Wuhan Tianhe International Airport-Development Avenue Hankou Railway Station-Jiefang Avenue Aviation Road-Hanyang Guqintai-Wuluo Road Yuemachang-Wuchang Railway Station-Fujiapo Passenger Station (Affected by relevant requirements for epidemic prevention and control, please consult staff for details) .

Airport Line 3: Tianhe Airport-Yuexiu Wealth Center

The first station (Tianhe Airport) is open and closed from 9:00 to 17:00

The last station (Yuexiu Wealth Center) opens and closes from 7:00 to 17:00

60 minutes between departures.

Stops along the way: Wuhan Tianhe International Airport—Changqing Road Civil Aviation New Village—Development Avenue Hankou Railway Station—Yuexiu Wealth Center (affected by the relevant requirements for epidemic prevention and control, please consult the staff for details).

Airport Line 4: Tianhe Airport-Fantasia Happy New Year Center

The first station (Tianhe Airport) opens at 8.30 am and closes at 5.30 pm.

The last station (Fantasia Year Happy New Year Center) opening and closing hours are 7: 30-17: 30

60 minutes between departures.

Stops along the way: Wuhan Tianhe International Airport—Changqing Road Civil Aviation New Village—Development Avenue Hankou Railway Station—Jiefang Avenue Aviation Road—Jiefang Avenue Wusheng Road to the end of Fantasia Happy New Year Center Consult staff for details).

Zhang Wenhong : The world war is about to erupt. Basic protection is important

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
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With the normalization of covid epidemic prevention and control, universities and primary and secondary schools in many cities China have begun to resume education. The daily protection and nutritional health of students in the school affect the hearts of parents and teachers of students.

Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infection at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University,  said in the afternoon of 31 May that parents and students do not need to worry too much. Just do basic protection and do not blindly fear.

According to the CCTV news report, Zhang Wenhong said, "If you are still so worried, people in other countries should not live anymore." He pointed out that other countries such as the United States still have nearly 20,000 cases per day, and Brazil even has more than 20,000 cases. Russia, Mexico, India, and most of the European countries have hundreds of cases every day. Everyone has started to resume work and resume production, and they all have a very good life and are very happy. There are no local cases in China, but some people feel that life will not last any longer. I think this is excessive worry."

Zhang Wenhong believes that for China's entire epidemic prevention system, it is currently a closed-loop epidemic prevention battle, isolated for two weeks. If there are many people coming in the future, we will be isolated in the community in a closed loop.

He bluntly said, "There are many things that may happen. The world war is about to erupt. Tomorrow the moon may hit the earth. Excessive worry is meaningless."

He suggested that the general public now does not need to worry too much about these things, as long as the basic protection is done, the basic protection is very simple. "I think the so-called one year or two years, it sounds terrible, but the impact on our overall life, we hope to be as low as possible."

Zhang Wenhong also warned that it is important to do normalized management, but not blind fear. "Blind fear is only two characters, dying."

The world's population has a long way to go before "group immunization"

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Web Screenshot

 According to a comprehensive report, a number of new studies attempting to estimate the actual number of people infected with the new coronavirus show that the world ’s population still has a long way to go to achieve the so-called "group immunization".

The New York Times reported that according to these studies, the proportion of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is still at the single-digit level, and experts believe that only 60% to 80% of people are infected and produce antibodies. The local population can have a group immunity to the coronavirus.

The study pointed out that even in the cities with the worst outbreaks, the vast majority of people are still vulnerable to infection. In the case of New York City, the hardest hit area in the United States, as of early May, about 20% of the local people were infected with SARS-CoV-2. In Sweden and the United Kingdom, the rate of infected people is only between 7% and 17%.

According to Michael Mina, an epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health, combining these studies can lead to the conclusion that it is unlikely that people will become immune to the new coronavirus in a short period of time.

Mina said, "To be honest, in the short term, we don't have a good way to safely establish group immunization. Unless we let the virus spread again, but I think society has decided that this is not a means we can use."

According to reports, all assumptions about mass immunization assume that people who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 will be free from secondary infections. There is evidence that infected people can indeed develop immunity to the virus, but it is unclear whether all people will develop immunity and how long the immunity will last.

In addition, even if group immunity is achieved, some people will still be infected. Mina pointed out that group immunization is like a "firewall", but it can slow the spread of the virus.

Research : Bat coronavirus of Malayan horseshoe bats is not likely to infect humans

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                  / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Malayan horseshoe bat in Phuket. Courtesy of Mammal Watching.

Shi Weifeng, Director of the Laboratory of Etiology and Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences and 12 other experts from the People's Republic of China and Australia discovered a new bat coronavirus RmYN02 in Malayan horseshoe bats (Rhinopholus malayanus) and submitted their findings to the journal Current Biology.

According to Shi Weifeng, some areas in RmYN02 are very close to the SARS-CoV-2, and there are also amino acid insertions at the junction of the S1 and S2 subunits of its spike protein (S protein), and the insertion method is very similar to that of SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, although this new bat coronavirus is not the direct ancestor of SARS-CoV-2, this insertion phenomenon in the S protein seems abnormal, but it may be a natural result of the evolution of the Malayan bat coronavirus. 

Shi Weifeng's team analyzed 227 bat samples collected in Yunnan Province from May to October 2019, and found a new bat coronavirus RmYN02 in Malayan horseshoe bats. These bats are common in Cambodia, Malaysia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, the offshore islands of Singapore and in southwest China. 

Weifeng explained, “Since the discovery of bats as the chief host of SARS coronavirus in 2005, the scientific community’s research on bats carrying infectious pathogens has been on the rise, and the phenomenon of abundant RNA viruses including coronaviruses in bats is particularly noticeable."

Shortly after the discovery of the new coronavirus, in early January 2020, the RNA collected from these bat samples was sent to the laboratory for next-generation sequencing of metagenomics.

It is said that from the perspective of the whole genome, the closest relationship with SARS-CoV-2 is the virus RaTG13 previously isolated from bats in Yunnan Province but Wang Yanyi, the Director of the Wuhan Institute of Viology, confirmed last week that Shi Zhengli's team has not obtained and kept a live bat coronavirus of RaTG13, thus rendering the viral genome of SARS-CoV-2 artificial.

Parts of the newly discovered bat coraonavirus RmYN02 include the longest coding region 1ab in the entire genome, and the RNA overlap of this region of RmYN02 and RaTG13 reaches 97.2%. However, the researchers pointed out that there is a segment of the new coronavirus genome used to encode the key receptor binding domain that binds to the human ACE2 receptor, which is conducive to its infection of human host cells; and this coding region of the RmYN02 virus is similar to SARS-CoV-2 but it is not likely to infect humans.

The most critical similarity between RmYN02 and SARS-CoV-2 is that there is also an amino acid insertion phenomenon at the junction of the two subunits of its spike protein (S protein). Previous research on SARS-CoV-2 found that 4 amino acids were inserted at the junction of S1 and S2 of its spike protein. This phenomenon is unique to this phenomenon and is common among all new coronaviruses that have been sequenced so far. The insertion phenomenon in the RmYN02 virus is different from that of SARS-CoV-2, which indicates that the insertion events of the two are independent of each other. This time a similar virus was found in another virus in another bat species, which strongly suggests that this phenomenon occurred under natural conditions. "This study proves that although this type of insertion phenomenon may seem unusual at first, it may actually originate from the natural variation of bat coronavirus." Shi Weifeng said.

Weifeng also pointed out, "This study provides us with more clues to explore the evolutionary origin of novel coronavirus. Neither RaTG13 nor RmYN02 is the direct ancestor of SARS-CoV-2, because these two viruses still have great evolutionary differences from SARS-CoV-2. But the results of our research at least clearly confirmed this: To find a virus that is more closely related to SARS-CoV-2, or even to pull out its direct ancestors, the most promising way is to expand the sampling analysis of wild animal species so that scientists can have a deeper understanding of how this virus spread to humans.

Ref :

Shi Weifeng etal., A Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely related to SARS-CoV-2 contains Natural Insertions at the S1/S2 Cleavage Site of the Spike Protein, Current Biology,  http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.023

Seven new destinations in Singapore visited by confirmed covid cases

Reporter : Deng Weiting
Publisher : Lianhe Zaobao
Ref : https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20200530-1057438
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                 / KUCINTA SETIA


Image : There have been confirmed cases visited in seven new locations, including Don Don Donki, a Japanese supermarket in the 100AM shopping mall in Tanjong Pagar. (Taken from Google Maps)

There are seven new locations in Singapore where confirmed covid cases have been visited, including supermarkets and food courts.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health on 30 May 2020, there are confirmed cases who have visited the following seven locations on the following dates and times.

17 May, 12.40 pm to 2 pm, Don  Don Donki, a Japanese supermarket in the 100AM shopping mall of Tanjong Pagar 

19 May, 10.45 am to 11.15 am, Mayflower Pasar and Food Centre

24 May, 9:30 pm to 10:20 pm, Don Don Donki, a Japanese supermarket in Jem Mall in Jurong East

26 May, 10:05 am to 10:35 am, the FairPrice Finest supermarket at the Bishan Junction 8

27 May, 11:30 a.m. to 12 pm, Food Junction

28 May, 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm, the affordable supermarket at Block 414 of Yishun Ring Road

28 May, 1:30 pm to 2pm, Giant Supermarket, Block 418, Yishun Lane 11

The notice mentioned that close contacts of confirmed cases should have been notified by the Ministry of Health. As a precaution, the Ministry of Health calls on the public who have visited the above places during the above period to pay close attention to their health status within 14 days of the date of the visit.

Xi Jinping's family in conflict with Jinping over Chinese Communists suppressing Hong Kong

Reporter : Li Yun
Editor : Deming
Publisher : New Tang Dynasty Television
Ref : https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/05/30/a102859369.html
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                  / KUCINTA SETIA
Image : Querying public reports revealed that Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping appeared together six months ago but not now. (AFP / Getty Images)

Beijing’s strong push for the “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law” was described by the media as XI Jinping's political gamble. Some insiders in the CCP system broke the news that Xi's wife Peng Liyuan and daughter Xi Mingze had been separated from Xi because of dissatisfaction with Xi. This is true for Xi's family, and the end of the CCP is not far away.

Beijing took advantage of the covid pandemic to throw their fists around and launched the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" that ruined Hong Kong's one country, two systems, which triggered condemnation from the international community. As the top leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping was also criticized for playing a political gamble at all costs.

In an exclusive interview with "Watching China" on 29 May, when the situation in Hong Kong became more and more intensified, insiders in the CCP system broke the news that Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan and daughter Xi Mingze were dissatisfied with Xi Jinping and the CCP's ruling on Hong Kong freedom. They have conflict with Jinping.

The report quoted the Chinese expert Tang Baiqiao as saying that a secretary of a senior ministerial official wrote to tell him that Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping officially separated between November and December last year. Xi’s mother sympathized with Peng Liyuan’s approach. Peng Liyuan did work, but none of them succeeded.

He analyzed that this may be related to the Hong Kong incident. The CCP’s suppression of Hong Kong has angered the world. Xi Mingze went to school at Harvard where she has many Hong Kong classmates and friends. She sympathizes with the Hong Kong struggles and Peng Liyuan stood with her daughter.

According to a former CCP official who is familiar with Beijing's high-level insider and lives in Hong Kong, he revealed to overseas media that the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" was originally planned to be implemented in February. Suspended by the sudden outbreak. Peng Liyuan and her daughter may have known in November and December that the CCP would forcefully push the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" to make a separation decision.

The secretary of the senior official at the ministerial level finally stated that this is the case with Xi Jinping's family, and the end of the CCP is not far away.

Some insiders said that this is the case with Xi Jinping's family, and the end of the CCP is not far away. (Composite picture)

A public inquiry revealed that Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping appeared together half a year ago, from 18 to 20 December 2019, and Xi arrived in Macau to participate in the 20th anniversary of the return.

According to Chinese Communist Party media reports, on the afternoon of 19 January 2020, when Xi Jinping went to Tengchong and Shungu Ancient Town in Yunnan, he was asked by tourists whether Peng Liyuan was with him. Xi Jinping replied: "She didn't come, and she was busy at home during the New Year."

Statistics show that Peng Liyuan and Xi Jinping got married in 1987 and gave birth to their only daughter, Xi Mingze, in 1992. She served as the head of the Song and Dance Troupe of the General Political Department of the Chinese Communist Party and the Dean of the Academy of Art of the Army, but resigned in 2012 and 2017 respectively.

Recently, the British Daily Mail said that in 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) appointed Peng Liyuan as the WHO Goodwill Ambassador by the then Chinese Secretary-General Chen Feng Fuzhen, and the successor Tedros also appointed the post. Intriguingly, the official website of the WHO only called Peng Liyuan a singer.

Xi Jinping's daughter, Xi Mingze, never appeared in public when she was an adult. According to American media, Xi Mingze was recalled by his father after earning a bachelor's degree in psychology at Harvard University in 2014. In November 2018, it was reported that Xi Mingze changed his surname to Qu and returned to Harvard to study for a doctorate.

Image : The little girl in the photo is Xi Jinping's only daughter, Xi Mingze. (WeChat picture)

Up to now, the covid epidemic has lasted for more than 5 months. The CCP concealed the epidemic, which caused the epidemic to spread worldwide and was blamed by more than 40 countries. The risk of domestic outbreaks is one after another, and the economic pressure is unprecedented. In order to alleviate difficulties and divert attention, the CCP announced on the evening of 21 May that it would review the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law."

On 28 May, on the closing day of the Congress of the Communist Party of China, more than 2,800 delegates voted to pass the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" (draft) that determined the fate of all 7 million people in Hong Kong. The legislation was deemed to endanger Hong Kong's judicial independence and democracy The future is similar to proclaiming "one country, two systems" death.

The legislation includes "subversion of state power", "secession of the country", "terrorist activities" and "intervention by external forces", etc. It will bypass Hong Kong's legislative process and be directly included in the promulgation and implementation of Annex III of the Basic Law, allowing the persecution of human rights by the mainland The charges and enforcement agencies were introduced into Hong Kong.

The follow-up specific legislative procedures of this legislation still need to be formulated by the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. The relevant laws are expected to pass the test at the end of August as soon as possible. After completion, the relevant laws will be listed in Annex III of the Basic Law, and then announced and implemented by the SAR. That is to say, the specific implementation details and penalties of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" that are concerned by the outside world are still to be implemented.

The Hong Kong media criticized the CCP ’s use of Article 18 of the Basic Law, and the “overlord’s hard bow” included the “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law” as national legislation in Annex III of the Basic Law, and instructed the Hong Kong government to immediately announce its implementation. The situation of the people of Hong Kong has become very bad, and it can be described as being beaten under the Communist Party system.

From the moment the draft legislation was announced, Hong Kong has set off a new wave of protests. In the past few days, the calls to "overthrow the Communist Party", "destroy the Communist Party", and "destroy the Chinese Communist Party" have been heard through the streets of Hong Kong.

On the day the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" was passed, politicians from Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan and many other countries condemned the Chinese authorities for threatening the freedom of Hong Kong people and weakening Hong Kong's autonomy. On 29 May, US President Trump ordered the abolition of special trade status against Hong Kong and imposition of sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials.

Global confirmed covid cases exceed 6 million, Belgian prince diagnosed positive

Editor : Lu Yongxin
Publisher : New Tang Dynasty Television
Ref : https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/05/31/a102860032.html
Extract Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                             / KUCINTA SETIA

Image below : Boat rowers with masks on wait for tourists in Venice. (By Andrea Pattaro / AFP via Getty Images)

Image below : Prince Joachim of Belgium diagnosed with covid. Web Screenshot.

According to Agence France-Presse (AFP) statistics, as of 31 May 2020, at least 6 million 867 people are diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection worldwide, of which 366,848 people were infected. In addition, the nephew of King Philippe of Belgium, Prince Joachim, 28, was diagnosed after attending a party in Spain.

At present, Europe is the region with the worst epidemic excluding China, with a total of 21,315,170 cases diagnosed and a total of 170,759 patients died. The United States is the most severely affected country, with a total of 176,740 cases diagnosed and a total of 103,472 people died.

The virus is now spreading rapidly in Latin America, with more than 45,000 newly diagnosed cases in the past 24 hours, a total of 94,469 cases diagnosed, and a total of 49,230 deaths.

● United States
New York State, with a population of 19 million, is the most severely affected area in the United States. According to the latest data from the New York State Government, 368,284 people were diagnosed and 23,780 people were killed in the past three months. New York City is expected to enter the first phase of the economic restart on June 8.

Florida officials said on 29 May that Disney World will reopen on 11 July, as long as tourists maintain a social distance and wear masks, they can take photos with Mickey Mouse again. SeaWorld and Universal Studios will re-open in early June.

● Canada
A total of 91,640 cases were diagnosed in Canada, and the number of deceased patients reached 7,159. The Canadian government extended the ban on cruise ships entering Canadian waters on 29 May for three months. The ban has been in effect since April and will now be implemented until October.

● Brazil
In Brazil, there were 956 new deaths in the past 24 hours. So far, a total of 28,834 people have died, surpassing France, the hardest hit area in Europe. In the past 24 hours, 33,274 new cases were diagnosed, setting a record for the largest increase in a single day.

● Russia
Russia reported on 30 May that there were 181 new deaths in the past 24 hours, which is lower than the 232 deaths that hit a new high in the previous day. At present, 4555 people have been killed in Russia. In addition, 8952 confirmed cases were added, bringing the total number of cases to 396575 cases.

● Italy
 The total number of diagnoses in Italy reached 232,664, and the total number of deaths reached 33,340. Business confidence plummeted in May, creating a new low since the Italian National Statistical Office (ISTAT) began to consolidate the index in March 2005.

● Spain
A total of 23,228 cases of infections were diagnosed in Spain, and 27,125 people died without treatment. Once one of the countries with the worst epidemic situation, under the control of the epidemic situation, it has now begun to relax the prevention and embargo measures.

● Greece
Compared with many EU countries, Greece has a mild epidemic. As of now, the official figures are 2915 infections and 175 deaths. The government said on the 29th that it will reopen the international airports of Athens and Thessaloniki to embrace passengers from 29 countries when the tourist season starts on June 15.

● Belgium
The nephew of King Philippe of Belgium, Prince Joachim, 28, was diagnosed after attending a party in Spain a few days ago. Prince Joachim is the ninth heir to Belgium. Last Sunday (24 May), he went to Spain for work-related reasons, but did not confirm whether he was diagnosed in Belgium or Spain.

Spanish media reported that Joachim developed symptoms after attending a party in Cordoba, southern Spain, on the 26th and is still local. It is reported that he participated in a party of 27 people, exceeding the local limit of 15 people. The police has launched an investigation and all 27 people are being quarantined.

The Spanish government representative in Cordoba Province, Rafaela Valenzuela, said on 30 May that it was shocked and angry at the incident.

Image : Prince Joachim of Belgium was diagnosed. (By Benoit Doppagne / AFP via Getty Images)

● Japan
The Japanese government completely lifted the “Declaration of Emergency Situations” on 25 May 25. 30 to 31 May are the first weekend after lifting the ban. Tourist attractions such as Tokyo Tower and Asakusa see floods of visitors but some shopkeepers said that if they want to restore glory, they may still have to wait for one year.

Image : On 29 May 2020, people gathered at the "Izakaya" or Japanese-style bar in the Shimbashi district of Tokyo. (By Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images)

● South Korea
South Korea reported on 30 May that 39 confirmed cases were added. The authorities strengthened the prevention of the spread of infections in logistics centers and the second wave of outbreaks.

● India
India’s anti-epidemic lockdown, which lasted for more than two months, is expected to end on 31 May but the authorities reported a new high of the number of confirmed diagnoses on 30 May, reaching 7964 cases, and an additional 265 people died.

● Indonesia
Achmad Yurianto, an official of the Ministry of Health in Indonesia, reported on 30 May that there are 557 newly confirmed cases in the country, and the total number of confirmed diagnoses has increased to 25,773. In addition, there is an increase of 53 people diagnosed positive with the disease, and the cumulative number of deaths has reached 1573. Indonesia did not adopt the epidemic prevention measures of a closed city, but adopted a large-scale social restriction policy.

● Malaysia
Malaysian health authority officials reported on 30 May that there are 30 new confirmed cases in the country, with a cumulative number of 7762 cases diagnosed, and the number of deaths remains at 115.

● Singapore
The Ministry of Health announced on 30 May that there are 506 newly confirmed cases in the country, with a total of 34,366 confirmed cases. Singapore is still the Southeast Asian country with the largest number of confirmed cases. Most of these newly diagnosed cases are migrant workers living in dormitories.

● South Africa
South African Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize said that a total of 30,967 patients are diagnosed positive in the country on 30 May, 32 new people are infected and 643 died.

Gao Fu's thesis : The direct network reporting systems for infectious diseases in PRC were "cut off"

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                 / KUCINTA SETIA

Image of Gao Fu : Web Screenshot.

On 29 May 2020, the engineering professor, water conservancy expert and independent intellectual who lives in Germany, Dr. Wang Weiluo,  revealed to Xin Tian, the presenter of the Chinese independent media Sound Of Hope's "Walk Into America" video program that his research on the epidemic found that in the early days of the epidemic, Chinese doctors published internationally published papers that revealed shocking truths and strong evidence that could be used to pursue claims. Comparing the China Communist Party (CCP)'s decision-making process to prevent floods in the Yangtze River in 1998, he inferred at the political level of concealing the epidemic's decision, and pointed out that the reason for this decision is one of the greatest ironies in contemporary China.

In the Chinese independent media Sound Of Hope's "Walk Into America" video program, Dr. Wang Weiluo broke the news that from the early stage of the epidemic, Chinese medical expert papers, including the papers published by Academician Gao Fu, Director of the China National Center for Disease Prevention & Control (China CDC), published in international professional journals, extracted the fact that the CCP has concealed the epidemic and data evidence. So, which level of government does the decision to conceal he epidemic? Who is the decision maker?

Dr. Wang Weiluo believes that Gao Fu's paper is extremely credible, because the New England Journal of Medicine is an internationally authoritative medical journal and has always been highly respected. Although Professor Gao Fu has been criticized by the public, his Academic achievements are extremely high. He is a PhD student at Oxford University, a visiting professor at Oxford University, and an academician of nine academies of sciences in many countries in the world. He is the scholar with the highest academic title in China and has published up to 450 papers in international journals.

At the same time, there are as many as 52 co-authored authors of this paper, in addition to Gao Fu's escort to his reputation, plus the credibility of 51 medical experts from China CDC and Hubei CDC, Wuhan CDC and other local CDCs, and the University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Wang Weiluo said that if such a paper is published in a domestic newspaper or magazine, it may be removed from the shelf and burned, and nobody will find it. His paper was published in a foreign medical journal. If you want to burn it, no one can destroy it. It is always present. It becomes a proof of accountability, and it is an evidence that will never be erased.

Main points in Gao Fu's thesis

Dr. Wang Weiluo pointed out the following points on academician Gao Fu's thesis:

1. The paper quotes the media data from 8 December 2019, which is obviously different from the data published by the Health Commission system, that is, the official system, showing that the "network direct reporting system" is still working, and the data of the paper comes from there.

2. As of 30 December 2019, the number of infected persons announced by the Wuhan Health Commission is 27 cases, while the data published by the paper is 45 cases, indicating that the official data has decreased significantly.

Dr. Wang Weiluo said that since the first case of concealment was shown, it is natural to conclude that there will be a second case and a third case ... In fact, from 30 December 2019 to 21 January 2020, the figures quoted in the paper and the Health Commission are completely different, and the paper data has always been higher than the Health Commission figures, showing that the official is hiding all the way.

3. More importantly, there is an illustration in this English paper. There are several Chinese annotations on the illustration. The font is small, but if one looks at these small fonts carefully or enlarged, one can see such text:

Important dates in Gao Fu's thesis

5 January 2020, "Initiation of China CDC (ie Disease Control Center) Level 2 Emergency Response"

15 January 2020, "Upgrade to China CDC Level 1 Emergency Response (Highest Level)"

On 16 January 2020, "Wuhan initiated strict out-of-province screening measures, and people with body temperature above 37.3C could not get out of the province"

These texts are details that nobody has noticed so far. Dr. Wang Weiluo said, "There is a proverb in the West called" The devil is hiding in the details ", and there are amazing truths in the details."

Wang Weiluo said, " Gao Fu's thesis accurately recorded four important time points. So what does Gao Fu want to prove? Gao Fu just wanted to prove that I did my duty. As the Director of the China CDC, I did my duty. I did everything I could. As for whether this thing is a government agency, such as the Health Commission to publish it, then it is obvious that it has not been announced. "

The CDC second-level and first-level emergency response mentioned in the paper is based on the emergency warning system stipulated in Article 42 of the Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China. The first level is red, which is the highest level in the country. Corresponding to the Emergency Response Law, there is also a regulation called the Emergency Regulations for Public Health Emergencies, which Article 19 states: "People in provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities that have or may have outbreaks of communicable diseases, or epidemics. The government should report to the State Council administrative department of health within 1 hour of receiving the report. "

Dr. Wang Weiluo believes that, as can be seen from the above, the CDC and Wuhan Health Commission operating on the front line have sounded the alarm since 31 December 2019. At the same time, according to Article 19 of the Emergency Regulations, Wuhan must have reported to the State Council on December 31 (that is, within an hour). Wang Weiluo said, "I checked all of Zhou Xianwang's speeches again. In an interview with CCTV host Dong Qian, Zhou Xianwang said: I reported it last December, but I was not authorized ..."

1998 Yangtze River floods

Dr. Wang Weiluo gave a comparison.

At the critical moment of Yangtze River flood control in 1998, Jiang Zemin said, "Strictly guard against death", so that all the countermeasures against floods previously made by the local governments and the Premier of the State Council are not counted. 

Upon receiving the request, Premier Zhu Rongji held a working meeting overnight to discuss flood control issues with the most authoritative water conservancy experts in the country. Experts agree that the flood must be divided without delay! Only in this way can the losses be minimized. Zhu Rongji immediately rushed from Beijing to Beidaihe where Jiang Zemin was located to report the scientific evidence and advice.

However, no matter how much scientific evidence was used in the development of the flood control plan, no matter how many experts were consulted by the Hubei provincial authorities and Premier Zhu Rongji, how much work was done by so many people at such a rapid rate, Jiang Zemin did not approve the plan so that everything done before is not counted and leads to countless deaths in the flood.

Beijing did not authorize the prompt information release on the epidemic

Wang Weiluo said that in the case of the 1998 flood, Hubei Province requested the Jingjiang flood diversion project, but Jiang Zemin disagreed. It was very similar to the epidemic in PRC. The mayor of Wuhan, Zhou Xianwang said, "We reported to the authorities, but the central government did not give us authorization, so we could not take measures." 

Involving multi-department coordination to block the truth of the epidemic situation and report to overseas institutions, the power of co-ordination is directed at the only person.

Looking at the handling of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in PRC this time, in addition to the actions of the above local authorities and medical institutions, there are the following:

On 31 December 2019, the online platform YY (Crazy Live Broadcast) blacklisted 45 sensitive words, including: Wuhan Unknown Pneumonia, Wuhan Seafood Market, SARS Variation, Outbreak of SARS, Wuhan Health Commission, P4 Virus Laboratory etc.

The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market, which is considered to be the source of the disease, was closed.

On 1 January 2020, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China established a leading group for epidemic response and disposal, and convened a meeting of the leading group daily.

The Hubei Provincial Health Commission informed the Gene Sequencing Company that if a sample of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is sent for inspection and cannot be inspected in the Wuhan area again, the existing one must be destroyed and the sample information cannot be disclosed to the outside world; sequence determination by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention virus . In other words, Wuhan is not allowed to move. Only the central government is allowed to move.

Xinhua News Agency released on 1 January 2020, "8 people were dealt with in accordance with the law because of the dissemination of false information on Wuhan viral pneumonia."

From 2 to 3 January 2020, CCTV News reported that a total of 8 doctors including Li Wenliang were accused of being "spreading rumors" and "punished according to law"and meanwhile, the public security department advised 8 people including Dr. Li Wenliang.

On 3 January 2020, PRC began to report the epidemic situation to the World Health Organization and countries including the United States. The details have not been known to the outside world.

Xi Jinping did not deal with the covid outbreak immediately

Dr. Wang Weiluo said that taking all these actions together, it involves the Chinese health department, CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, the State Network Administration, and the public security department. Who has the power to coordinate so many departments and so many functions, including the decision to notify the United States of the epidemic? With his knowledge of the CCP system, no one can do it, including Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council, only Xi Jinping, China's top leader, can do it. This is like in 1998, as Premier Zhu Rongji made all the analyses, preparations and decisions he wanted to make, but he had to ask Jiang Zemin, who is the President of the country, to ask what he should do, the same.

Announcing CCP's goal of striving to take priority over the dangerous epidemic, why didn't Xi Jinping accept the reality of the outbreak and deal with it immediately?

Dr. Wang Weiluo said that on 31 December 2020, when the emergency notifications of the Wuhan authorities and the China CDC were transmitted to the State Council, and must be transmitted to Xi Jinping, Xi Jinping will announce to the people of China through CCTV in a few hours during the New Year. What is Xi Jinping talking about in his New Year speech?

Xi said, "2020 is a landmark year. We will build a well-off society in an all-round way and achieve the goal of the first century of struggle."

In order to announce its "first 100-year struggle goal", the Communist Party of China instead pushed China and the whole world into an unprecedented catastrophe.

If Dr. Wang’s findings and inferences are correct, are there questions about the root cause of the covid pandemic that started as an outbreak in Wuhan? What expected role will these evidences play in recovering the CCP’s litigation?

Dr. Wang Weiluo has worked tirelessly for China and Chinese people to seek the truth for decades, according to the Sound Of Hope. Many people will be grateful for the interview with him who will help everyone to have a clearer understanding of the facts and truths happening in contemporary China.

The CCP conceals the strongest evidence of the epidemic (1): The direct network reporting systems for infectious diseases, that cost hundreds of millions and are 25 times higher than the official, were "cut off".

Ref:
Sound Of Hope, https://www.soundofhope.org/post/384160

StayGate's Note
The reporter has attempted online searches in The New England Journal of Medicine for the subject Gao Fu's thesis. It appears that this thesis was published offline in this journal and is unavailable during this time for online view.

See also:

China CDC : SARS-CoV-2 is not detected in animals from Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market, https://staygate.blogspot.com/2020/05/china-cdc-sars-cov-2-is-not-detected-in.html

Hundreds of students in Henan high school have fever in the month

Reporter : Zhong Gusheng
Editor  Ming Xuan
Publisher : New Tang Dynasty Television
Ref : https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/05/30/a102859845.html
Google translation

Image : High school students who have resumed classes in mainland China. (Schematic) (STR / AFP via Getty Images)

The Chinese Communist Party ignored life and concealed the epidemic, causing the epidemic in many counties and cities to be "ignored." High school students in a county in Henan broke the news that within a month after their school resumed classes, hundreds of people had fever and other suspected symptoms. However, the school did not detect it at all. As long as they returned home to isolation, they returned to school and took the exam immediately after the fever was removed.

On May 30, this Henan student, pseudonymous Wang Fei, disclosed this to the Epoch Times reporter. But for safety reasons, he did not say his real name and the location of his school.

He said that the third grade of his school resumed in early April, and the grades one and two resumed at the end of April. After the resumption of the course, hundreds of students have had fevers, especially from the end of April to the beginning of May, and more than one hundred people became feverish the most.

Wang Fei explained that because he had a fever and was examined at school, he saw the number of people in each grade in the school medical office.

He said that the school does not perform nucleic acid tests on students, and only allows students with fever to go home for 14 days and can return to school without fever. In fact, many people still go back to school with low fever, and the school is very loosely managed. School temperature measurement is also a form, just send a form to allow students to fill in temperature data.

The school currently implements closed management. The principal also wants all students to live on campus. There are at least 12 people in each dormitory of the school dormitory. The school is irresponsible and parents do not pay attention. Fearing that children are behind in their studies, parents would rather trust official data and think that the mortality rate among young people is not high.

Wang Fei revealed that four people in his bedroom had a fever at the same time, and about a quarter of the class had a fever. In addition to fever, the symptoms of the classmates are also uncomfortable stomach and respiratory tract, stomach pain, etc., should be regarded as suspected cases. He himself went to the county hospital for CT, but he was not diagnosed. Then he continued to have a low fever and later developed a high fever.

He said that although there are several so-called designated hospitals in the county to treat and treat infected patients, they do not have the ability to detect nucleic acids, but just take a form and send several duty doctors from the county hospital to perfunctory. The nucleic acid detection can only be done by the municipal hospital, but the detection accuracy is very low. Once the epidemic broke out, the county medical system collapsed.

He said that only 30 to 40 confirmed cases have been reported so far. This number is definitely false. Some local hospitals do not report any cases even if they have patients. Many patients wanted to be tested when they closed the city, but they couldn't get out. Later, when they were unsealed, because there were too many people with fever, the hospital did not have that ability.

According to Wang Fei, the local schools ignored the epidemic situation, but touted the "anti-epidemic spirit of the Party Central Committee" in high-profile. In the mid-term exam political questions, they also asked to answer "the effect of lotus clearing plague". It is said that the city's unified test paper.

Since the resumption of classes in various parts of China in April, Guiping County in Guizhou, Pingdingshan in Henan, Ma'anshan in Anhui, and Pukou District in Nanjing, Jiangsu have all reported cases of students having a fever or even suspending classes. In mid-April, there was also a video. Four students from Pingdingshan No. 2 Middle School were taken away by ambulance late at night, and someone wearing protective clothing appeared.

However, these schools later denied that there was an outbreak in the school, claiming that it was only a "common cold" or "common fever", and that the students involved had a "negative test". Officially notified confirmed cases did not reflect the incident.

According to a source in the medical industry in mainland China, the second wave of outbreaks in China has already broken out. However, because the symptoms were milder than the first time, and the economy was in crisis, the authorities would no longer seal the city for epidemic prevention. According to multiple sources online, the Communist Party of China concealed the epidemic and local officials suppressed the epidemic and dared not report it.

A few days ago, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the Communist Party of China publicly requested that local officials not conceal or report for the purpose of protecting the gauze. Soon after, the secretary of the Shulan Municipal Party Committee in Jilin Province was removed from office because of the local "outbreak".

Study reveals changes in immune cell transcriptional profile in patients with covid

Reporter : Xing Yu
Publisher : Chinese Science News
Ref : http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2020/5/440680.shtm
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                 / KUCINTA SETIA

On 27 May 2020, Academician Chen Wei of the Institute of Bioengineering, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Sciences, Wang Xiaoqun, a researcher of the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wu Qian, a researcher of the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning at Beijing Normal University, posted on the preprint website MedRxiv published the latest research results. The researchers through single-cell RNA sequencing and V (D) J recombination analysis revealed the transcription profile and changes of immune cells in patients with new coronary pneumonia (covid).

Covid is an ongoing global health problem. At present, the immunopathological changes of key types of immune cells during and after infection with SARS-CoV-2 are not clear.

The researchers enriched CD3 + and CD19 + lymphocytes from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with covid (severe patients, early or late rehabilitation patients) and healthy people, and through comprehensive single cell RNA sequencing and V (D) J recombination analysis to study the transcription profiles and changes of these lymphocytes.

The researchers found that although the number of T lymphocytes in the blood of people infected with covid is reduced, the remaining T cells still have high expression of inflammatory genes. And within a period of time after the patient recovered, the researchers also observed the potential transformation of CD8 effector T cells into central memory T cells.

In B lymphocytes, the researchers analyzed the expansion trajectory of a class of plasma cell subtypes in patients with severe covid and traced its origin to atypical memory B cells (AMBC).

Further sequencing analysis of B-cell and T-cell receptors showed that there is a high level of clonal expansion in patients with severe new coronary pneumonia, especially clonal expansion of B lymphocytes, and the high expression of these B cells is related to inflammation and lymphocyte activation gene. In addition, the researchers also summarized the V-J gene rearrangement and high-frequency clone types in patients with covid.

In summary, the results of this study provide important insights into the immune response of patients with severe covid and rehabilitation patients, and provide useful information for the further development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and research treatment strategies.

Related paper information: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.24.20101238v1

Panda feces can be made into aromatic rice paper

Reporter / Images courtesy : Zhang Yuan / China News Network
Ref : http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2020/05-29/9197869.shtml
Extract translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
                                             / KUCINTA SETIA

Image : The picture shows the feces of a giant panda. 

In a village in Shaanxi, a 71-year-old man Liu Xiaodong (above) has manufactured a "scented" rice paper out of panda feces.

The Shaanxi village in the subject is Qiliang Village, Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province. This village at the foot of the northern foot of Qinling Mountain has been a rice paper making town since the Han Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years.

The rice paper making technique improved by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. The materials used are bark, hemp, cloth and fish nets, etc., which are made through the processes of frustration, pounding, frying and baking.

According to legend, because everyone in the Qiliang Village, the village dedicated to Cai Lun, is engaged in paper making and no one is farming, the village name was changed to "Abandoned Grain Village", which was renamed "Qiliang Village" according to homophony.

Liu Xiaodong, the inventor of "Panda Paper", said: "The giant panda is a national treasure, and ancient rice paper making is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. The combination of the two will turn feces into treasure."

In this village, the pandas' “produce” are made into “rice paper”, which not only does not smell, but also smells of faint bamboo fragrance.

Liu Xiaodong the former director of Caihou Paper Museum in Qiliang, has devoted to the protection and inheritance of ancient paper making for many years.

An accidental opportunity in 2016 made him wonder that the panda's feces contain a lot of bamboo fibers. Can the panda's feces be used to make paper?

So Liu Xiaodong went to the Qinling Giant Panda Breeding Base, brought the panda feces, and started the research and development of "panda paper". Two years later, a real "panda paper" was produced.

Image : The picture shows the staff showing "Panda Paper" fishing paper. 

The production of "panda paper" uses ancient techniques, and the production process is quite cumbersome. It is divided into manure sorting, elutriation, quicklime stirring, soaking, cooking, secondary elutriation, beating, mixing with pulp paper pulp, fishing paper, and drying step.

Because it is handmade by ancient methods, the production cycle of "panda paper" is as long as one month. In addition, the panda's feces can only be used in autumn and winter, because the pandas eat old bamboo in these two seasons, and the fiber of the feces is relatively thick. The "panda paper" produced in this way is flexible and delicate, and has the characteristics of bamboo paper and the advantages of pu paper.

Limited by the “supply” of raw materials, the output of “panda paper” in Qiliang Village has been low. The annual output of the “panda Paper” in the 50cm bucket square is less than 10,000 sheets, so its price is much higher than ordinary rice paper, but it does not stop panda fans in China from loving it.

Liu Xiaodong has received many calls from Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places to buy "Panda Paper". Many netizens also asked about the purchase method and made fun on Weibo, and many cultural companies also had a strong interest in "Panda Paper".

This gave Liu Xiaodong great confidence in the spread and inheritance of ancient paper making. Liu Xiaodong believes that "panda paper" is both innovation and inheritance. All this is to pass on the ancient paper making skills of Qiliang Village, so that more and more people will contact and understand the ancient paper making.

Next, they will also develop various paper derivatives such as limited edition gifts and souvenirs to make this ancient skill "rejuvenate".

From the perspective of Wang Zhi, Deputy Director of the Xi'an Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, the inheritance of traditional skills also requires continuous trial and innovation, but it must be based on inheritance. "Panda Paper" follows the traditional paper making skills, makes new attempts in the selection of raw materials, and allows more people to pay attention to and understand the traditional paper making skills. The core is to pass on the ancient paper making skills.

Image : The picture shows a worker drying the  rice paper with "taste". 

Image : The picture shows the ancient papermaking in Qiliang Village. 

Image : The picture shows Liu Xiaodong and staff sorting panda droppings. 

Image : The picture shows the staff cooking the panda's excrement. 

Image : Panda paper pulp.