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Large-scale gathering of elderly people in Dalian, Wuhan. Someone shouted: "Down with the reactionary government!" Protest against shrinking medical insurance
Reporter, editing : Li Yuhan / https://www.aboluowang.com/2023/0215/1867167.html
On 15 February 2023, retirees from Wuhan and Dalian held large-scale demonstrations and rallies to protest the government's latest new plan of "Employee Medical Insurance Reform". Someone at the protest site in Wuhan shouted: "Down with the reactionary government!"
Wuhan retirees first gathered in Zhongshan Park, and then planned to march and demonstrate on Shouyi Road to protest the government's new plan of "employee medical insurance reform". This plan has greatly reduced the medical insurance and medical expense reimbursement of retirees, and the medical treatment has been directly affected, affecting 2 million retirees in Wuhan.
Some netizens broke the news that many communities in Wuhan are now locked down, and they are not allowed to leave the community.
A large number of policemen arrived at the scene to maintain stability. According to the latest news released by the people at the scene, the police began to arrest and beat people, and some elderly people fell to the ground.
The Internet at the protest site seemed to be blocked, and the Internet was disconnected. The lockdown and the anti-lockdown parties are being contested.
At about 1 pm in the afternoon on 15 February,
According to the latest news sent by netizen "News Investigation": "On 15 February, hundreds of thousands of elderly people in Wuhan took to the streets and gathered in Zhongshan Park to block the main artery Jiefang Avenue, protesting that the Wuhan government cut off 2/3 of the medical insurance under the reform of funds. The old people gave speeches and shouted slogans... demanding the abolition of medical reform. A large number of police forces were deployed at the scene....At around 1 pm, there were more and more people at the protest site in Jiefang Park in Wuhan. People's confrontation is becoming more and more fierce, and many elderly people have fallen to the ground! The police arrested them, and the people chanted the slogan of "Down with the reactionary government".......Wuhan Medical Insurance Fund has gone bankrupt, and the old people can only give it a go, defending my pitifully little rights!"
Netizen "Speeding Overturned Car News Agency" commented, "Young people are locked down for epidemic prevention, and they take to the streets to hold blank papers; middle-aged people are forced to cut off their confessions, and banks swallow their deposits; old people have their medical insurance reduced, and they go for walks in the park. Adults and children are still worried about the issue of organs and human trafficking. Your country is amazing, and the rest of your life is really as you wish!"
Netizen "Chen Zhengmin" commented, "The world has suffered together for a long time! Due to the sharp increase in social conflicts, there will be more and more protests."
On 8 February 2023, nearly 10,000 retirees in Wuhan rallied and demonstrated in front of the city government building to protest the city's recently launched new plan of "employee medical insurance reform". If the government does not respond, they plan to hold a larger demonstration on 15 February 2023.
On 11 February 2023, Dalian retirees also issued a notice: "At 9 am on the 15th, Dalian retired comrades' medical insurance fee rights protection activity will be held in People's Square. Please notify relevant comrades to participate."
The new plan of "Employee Medical Insurance Reform":
1. Regarding the personal account: Before the reform, the personal account was credited with 286 RMB per month, but after the reform, it was only 83 RMB, a monthly decrease of 203 rmb, and 2436 yuan was taken away for no reason throughout the year.
2. Regarding outpatient reimbursement: Retirees in Wuhan who spend less than 500 yuan on outpatient services in a year cannot enjoy reimbursement. The reimbursement amount is only 1,300 yuan, and the excess expenses shall be paid by oneself. Moreover, many useful medicines are kicked out of medical insurance, and useless medicines can only be reimbursed, which is equivalent to self-funded medical treatment in disguise.
Image : Protest scene in Wuhan:
At 24 seconds into the video, someone shouted: "Down with the reactionary government!"
Wuhan's medical insurance reform caused dissatisfaction, and Zhongshan Park, government residences and other places were crowded with people who denounced it.
Image : Video Screenshot
Dalian Protest Site:
Image : Video Screenshot
Image source: Twitter
In the afternoon of the same day, the Wuhan police began to clear the scene and arrest people, pushing the protesters into the bus, punching and kicking them.
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Shout out "Hit the reactionary government!" Uncles and aunts in Wuhan really took to the streets to protest! Netizens praised: Good job!
Reporter, editing : Qin Rui / https://www.aboluowang.com/2023/0215/1867209.html
In the morning of 15 February 2023, a large number of people in Wuhan protested against the CCP’s medical insurance reform in Zhongshan Park. The news quickly aroused heated discussions on the Internet, and people praised, "These uncles and aunts are serious, and if they say 15, they will be 15."
On 15 February, a netizen posted a video on Twitter, and posted an introduction saying, "At the scene of Zhongshan Park in Wuhan, people were shouting and protesting. The latest news: The network at the scene seems to be blocked and disconnected. Lockdown and countermeasures against the lockdown."
At the scene of Zhongshan Park in Wuhan, people were chanting and protesting. The latest news: The network at the scene seemed to be blocked and disconnected. The lockdown and the anti-lockdown parties are being contested. pic.twitter.com/z2mnQqmgZx
— .Zhang Hai. (@ZGIXqsvwJCWP30r) February 15, 2023
Relevant photos and videos were circulated wildly on the Internet, which quickly aroused heated discussions among netizens. Someone said, "Sure enough, we went for a walk together on the 15th." Some netizens exclaimed, "These grandpas and aunts are playing for real, and if they say fifteen, they will be fifteen." Other netizens confirmed that the location was in "Hankou Zhongshan Park".
This morning Beijing time, many retired old people gathered in Zhongshan Park in Wuhan to protest the reform of medical insurance
The retirees had already protested in front of the city government last time. At that time, the retirees had stated that if the government did not change the medical insurance reimbursement back to the original 260 yuan per month, they planned to protest in Zhongshan Park on the 15th.
The government did not solve it properly, so the retired old people did what they said, and gathered in Zhongshan Park today pic.twitter.com/wZ8yX1gLEl
— Who will sweep Sanjiang with 100,000 yuan (@Lslymlwxc) February 15, 2023
Some netizens analyzed that "the zf (government) still has no money." At the same time, some netizens praised, "Anyone who dares to take to the streets is a good guy." Another person said, "If farmers can hold such a rally, the old-age retirement benefit of 100 yuan can jump up."
On the afternoon of the 15th, some people shouted the slogan "Down with the reactionary government!" (in video)
latest news:
At around 1 pm on February 15th, the protest scene in Wuhan Jiefang Park became more and more crowded, the confrontation between the police and the people became more and more fierce, and many elderly people fell to the ground and couldn’t get up!
The police arrested people, and the people shouted "Down with the reactionary government", and it might only be a matter of time before they shouted "Down with Xi Jinping". "The Internationale" resounded over Jiangcheng.
The Wuhan Medical Insurance Fund has gone bankrupt, and the old people can only give it a go to protect their meager rights! pic.twitter.com/I9Cfi6oKzL
— Investigative Journalism (@xinwendiaocha) February 15, 2023
A netizen said angrily, "Shenyang city deducts medical insurance money from unemployment insurance, which is even more unethical."
Some netizens also broke the news, "Dalian has also started", "in People's Square", and posted photos and videos.
Image : Video Screenshot
— Liz Vega (@LizVega09296258) February 15, 2023
A netizen asked, "Is it true, is there one in Dalian?" Another netizen replied, "It's true."
Because of the medical insurance issue, Wuhan is in trouble again, followed by Dalian, the fire of anger is going to burn the company 👍👍🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/plsWsd1Tn0
— Hooligan fighter Unicornliumangzhanji Bona fide hooligan (@GvqVd6J2jdCOJYP) February 15, 2023
News (3) to (10) / Reporter : Tang Zheng / Editor : Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/16/a103650345.html
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Xi Jinping talks about economic issues at a sensitive moment, CCP’s medical insurance crisis breaks out
Reporter : Tang Zheng / Editor : Li Quan / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/16/a103650345.html / Image : On 15 February 2023, tens of thousands of elderly people in Wuhan gathered in Zhongshan Park to protest. Netizens called it a "white hair revolution." (Video screenshot)
The latest "Seeking Truth" issue by the Communist Party of China published Xi Jinping’s speech on the economic conference. Xi Jinping said that "insufficient aggregate demand" is a major problem facing the Chinese economy, and efforts should be made to expand domestic demand. At the same time, retired elderly people in Wuhan, Hubei, and Dalian, Liaoning, took to the streets to protest the CCP’s sharp reduction of medical insurance premiums.
The Chinese Communist Party’s Xinhua News Agency reported on 15 February that the party magazine “Seeking Truth” published Xi Jinping’s article “Several Major Issues in Current Economic Work” on the 16th and quoted part of his speech.
Xi Jinping said that the economic work in 2023 will be complicated, "grasp the main contradiction" and start with "boosting development confidence"; "we must focus on expanding domestic demand. Insufficient aggregate demand is a prominent contradiction facing the current economic operation. We must vigorously implement domestic demand strategy and take more forceful measures.”
Xi Jinping also said that it is necessary to "put priority on the recovery and expansion of consumption" and "continue to give play to the supporting role of exports in the economy and speed up the construction of a trade power".
Xi Jinping said that more efforts should be made to attract and utilize foreign capital, saying "expand market access, and provide targeted services for foreign-funded enterprises", and so on.
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CCP has no measures to solve the factors that inhibit domestic demand
Current affairs commentator Wang He told The Epoch Times on 15 February that Xi Jinping is focusing on expanding domestic demand, but the CCP has no concrete measures to solve the factors that inhibit domestic demand. The CCP’s economic research ideas in recent years have been very rigid, unable to find a way to solve economic problems, making mistakes in economic decision-making, and making mistakes in judging China’s economic situation.
Wang He said that the CCP has avoided the issue of the death of the epidemic, which is the biggest shock factor and destabilizing factor for the Chinese economy. This is ostrich policy.
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Large-scale protests in Wuhan, Dalian, Anshan and other places in CCP China
On the same day as this article was reported, on 15 February, large-scale group incidents occurred in Wuhan, Hubei, Dalian, Liaoning, Anshan and other places in mainland China. A large number of retirees took to the streets to protest the CCP’s sharp reduction of medical insurance funds. The people at the scene shouted: "Down with the reactionary government!" The authorities dispatched the police to suppress it, and many people were beaten and arrested.
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The catalyst for the "white hair movement"
This is the first "white hair movement" in mainland China to protest against the CCP's tyranny since the "white paper movement" detonated by the fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang at the end of last year.
In the past three years, the CCP's "dynamic clearing" epidemic prevention policy has caused a deficit in medical insurance, which is considered to be the main reason for the "white hair movement".
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More and more dissatisfaction with the lack of medical insurance benefits in CCP China
Li Hengqing, an economist at the "Institute of Information and Strategy" in the United States, told Voice of America that people across China are generally dissatisfied with the lack of medical insurance benefits. Now that ordinary people have taken to the streets, it is difficult to calm down.
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Beijing has no money as a result of three years' dynamic clearing practices
Li Hengqing said, "This is related to the vital interests of the people. The money deducted now... is actually paid by the people themselves. Why do you take it away with the government's injunction?" But "it is very clear, That is, the central government has no money, so I didn’t discuss taking your money.” This is the evil result of the authorities’ strict “dynamic clearing” policy against the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic in the past three years and repeated virus nucleic acid tests on the whole people. “Nucleic acid is not free. Finances have been emptied."
In recent years, various policies of the Chinese Communist Party have suppressed private enterprises, especially the dynamic eradication of epidemic prevention and control. In the past three years, the national economy and business environment have been severely damaged, and local finances across the country have been unable to make ends meet.
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China's economy on the verge of collapse, the "white hair movement" may cause a chain reaction throughout the country
Li Hengqing believes that in view of the current severe situation in which all industries in China are declining, the economy is on the verge of collapse, and the national treasury is empty, the protests in Wuhan may cause a chain reaction and become a continuation of the "blank paper revolution", making it difficult for the authorities to deal with it.
According to the annual budget data disclosed by China's provinces and municipalities, local governments across the country spent at least 352 billion RMB (about 51.6 billion U.S. Dollars) last year to maintain the "dynamic clearing" extreme epidemic prevention policy advocated by Xi Jinping. This has greatly exacerbated the financial shortage of the CCP’s local governments when the epidemic is raging and economic growth is slowing down.
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CCP provoked the educated that suffered during the Cultural Revolution
Shi Shan, a current political commentator in the United States, told NTDTV, "These people who took to the streets to demonstrate were people over the age of 60, who happened to be educated during the Cultural Revolution. Think about it, you touched his medical insurance, the bottom line is I was stepped on. The CCP provoked this group of people, but they couldn’t afford to walk around.”
News (11) to (16) / Reporter : Tang Zheng / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/16/a103650504.html
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The "white hair movement" may trigger a chain effect, Xi Jinping is facing a new crisis
Image : On 15 February 2023, protesters on Jiefang Avenue in Wuhan. (Web image)
A few days ago, large-scale protests took place in Wuhan, Hubei, and Dalian, Liaoning, expressing dissatisfaction with the CCP’s medical insurance reform. This protest, known as the "white hair movement", may trigger a chain effect in the follow-up. According to reports, this is a new crisis for Xi Jinping after the anti-lockdown demonstrations in late 2022.
On 8 February 2023, tens of thousands of retirees in Wuhan gathered in front of the city government to demonstrate against the reform of medical insurance. Since the authorities failed to solve the problem, they took to the streets to protest again on 15 February. On the same day, at least tens of thousands of retirees in Wuhan gathered in Jiefang Avenue, Zhongshan Park and other places to protest the shrinking of medical insurance.
A large number of videos circulated on the Internet showed that Wuhan authorities dispatched a large number of police to suppress the protesters. Fierce conflicts broke out between the two sides. Many people were beaten and arrested. Some people shouted: "Down with the reactionary government!"
On the same day (15 February 2023), retirees in Dalian and Anshan also took to the streets to protest the authorities' medical insurance reform and demand that the money be returned to the people.
This is the largest round of civil protests in China since people in more than a dozen cities including Shanghai, Beijing, and Wuhan took to the streets to launch the "white paper revolution" at the end of November 2022.
Chinese retirees have returned to the streets of Wuhan to protest government cuts to health care benefits, Bloomberg reported on 15 February, underscoring the new challenges facing Xi Jinping's government after historic anti-lockdown demonstrations last November.
Despite heavy censorship and massive government surveillance, Chinese citizens have become increasingly emboldened in protesting government policies. Residents have protested fireworks bans, stalled real estate projects, mandatory quarantines and unpaid wages in recent months, winning some concessions from the government in the process.
The developments could herald the challenges Xi faces in his unconventional third term in office, the report said.
Similar situations have emerged outside of Wuhan. Retirees in Guangzhou have also protested health insurance reforms after finding their monthly account balances were suddenly lower than expected.
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Reduction of individual reimbursements has incurred wrath of the retirees
Chinese health authorities say the changes, which vary by province, will cover more services while reducing individual reimbursements. Authorities have also been working to better communicate the policy shift, but so far this approach has not stopped people from taking to the streets.
This wave of protests by the elderly Chinese has been dubbed the "white hair movement" by the outside world. Public opinion believes that this protest may trigger a chain effect throughout China.
Recently, the CCP ordered the launch of the so-called "medical insurance reform", and governments around the country have launched actions one after another.
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Reduction of subsidies and exclusion of important medicines from the CCP medical insurance have angered Wuhan retirees
On 1 February 2023, the medical insurance reform implemented in Wuhan reduced the medical subsidy of more than 260 RMB per month to more than 80 yuan for many elderly people, and set a threshold of at least 500 RMB for outpatient reimbursement, and a large number of important medicines are not included in the medical insurance. The move angered nearly 2 million Wuhan retirees.
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The elderly protest out of their right to survive and there is no way out once they demonstrate openly
Li Dayu, a senior media person, said in the "Dayu News Insider" program that during the "blank paper revolution" at the end of last year, there were protests all over the country, and young people took to the streets in every city because everyone was forced to do nothing, repeated humanitarian disasters of secondary injury. Now it is the turn of the elderly. In the eyes of many local people, the medical insurance reform in Wuhan is another way to kill the elderly. Therefore, they once again took to the streets, and there is no way out anyway.
Li Dayu said that when going to the hospital to see a doctor, there are many items that could be reimbursed, but now they are not reimbursed. This change in measures is a terrible thing for them. These elderly people also took to the streets, which is also a manifestation of "the people are not afraid of death". With the current approach of the authorities, there will be more and more similar incidents in the future.
Chen Pokong, a Chinese writer living in the United States, said in his self-media channel "Chen Pokong Discusses the World" that the authorities have forced the common people to have no way out, and now the elderly have stood up again and "say no" to the authorities. Many elderly people are in their 60s and 70s, and they survived the epidemic, only to have their health insurance cut off by the authorities. Because the central government and local governments have run out of money, their finances have collapsed, and civil servants are cutting their salaries. In the end, the white-haired old people will be attacked and their last bit of money will be used up.
Chen Pokong said that the people of Wuhan shouted "Down with the reactionary government" this time, which shows how unpopular this government is. Of course, some people were also arrested in Wuhan, the subway station was blocked, and people were blocked along the way but the people of Wuhan did not give up. On 15 Februrary, at the end of the protest, the people of Wuhan said: "If the government refuses to agree, there will be a larger-scale protest."
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The CCP is increasingly isolated as the Chinese are fighting for their own rights and interests
Chen Pokong believes that the CCP authorities are now in an increasingly isolated situation, not only isolated internationally, but also isolated among the Chinese people. Therefore, the resistance of the Chinese people is only in the ascendant. I believe that more cities and more provinces will fight against the government because of this problem. So the Chinese people are awakening, or the Chinese people are awakening, fighting for their own rights and interests.
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Senior U.S. officials: Xi Jinping is no longer the former Xi Jinping
The CCP spy balloon incident has triggered a tougher stance against the CCP in both parties in the United States. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said a few days ago that the CCP leader Xi Jinping is no longer the former Xi Jinping, and there are new challenges between the United States and China.
"Chosun Ilbo" reported on 13 February 2023 that Sherman said at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 9 February, "Xi Jinping is no longer the Xi Jinping of the 1990s that we all thought we knew. To face China (the Communist Party) new challenge."
In 1985, when Xi Jinping was secretary of the Zhengding County Party Committee in Hebei Province, he visited Iowa, the United States. The United States has always regarded him as a "friendly person", but more and more American officials believe that this is not the case.
"It's an indisputable fact that our way of life, our democracy, our beliefs and our values are being challenged," Sherman said.
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Wall Street Journal: The misjudgment of Xi Jinping is the biggest strategic misjudgment of the United States
The "Wall Street Journal" published an article on 28 December 2022, stating that the U.S. government's misjudgment of Xi Jinping was one of the biggest strategic misjudgments in the post-Cold War era in the United States.
U.S. officials initially believed that while Xi Jinping was much more confident and forthright than the stoic Hu Jintao, he was likely to share Hu's continued commitment to the stable development of Sino-U.S. relations and to promote China's closer integration into the U.S.-led global order. Some even hope that Mr. Xi can revive stalled economic reforms.
Many people in China and overseas mistakenly believe that Xi Jinping grew up suffering from Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, which may make him an opponent of personal dictatorship after the end of the Mao era. However, what is surprising is that after Xi Jinping came to power, he brought Maoism back up as the basis for the legitimacy of the CCP and himself in power.
Since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, he has set the tone for the CCP’s external expansion, which has led the United States and China to a hostile stance.
U.S. Republican Senator Marco Rubio said at a hearing on 9 February, "Letting China join the WTO has enabled it to achieve unprecedented wealth accumulation." However, the CCP failed to become democratic as the United States hoped, and instead became more authoritarian. America's gamble has failed."
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Chinese spy balloons further screw up U.S.-China relations
After experiencing the impact of the US-China trade war and the three-year epidemic, China's economy has declined sharply, and it has also been besieged by the United States and other allies internationally, and has fallen into isolation. After Xi Jinping won his third term at the 20th Communist Party Congress in October 2022, he is trying to ease relations with the United States.
However, just before U.S. Secretary of State Blinken planned to visit Beijing, a Chinese spy balloon invaded the United States and was shot down by the U.S. military, leading to an escalation of tensions between the U.S. and China. Blinken immediately canceled his trip to China, which was supposed to be the visit of the highest-ranking U.S. official in five years.
After the balloon incident, the Biden administration still insisted on the stance of "seeking competition with China rather than conflict", but some politicians in Washington said: "Regardless of party affiliation, if you do not take a 'hawkish' stance on China in the future, you must speak up. It will become more difficult."
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Sherman said on the CCP spy balloon incident: "We will firmly respond to the danger posed by China (the Communist Party) and will continue to prove that no country is allowed to violate (the U.S.) sovereignty."
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The U.S. caught Beijing "red-handed"
The U.S. has confirmed that the Chinese spy balloon is operated by the CCP military and that it carries intelligence-gathering equipment, pointing out that the Chinese spy balloon is part of Beijing's extensive surveillance program around the world.
A U.S. State Department official said on 9 February that the Biden-Harris administration is studying "taking action" against surveillance balloons launched by the Chinese Communist Party over U.S. soil.
"Beijing was caught red-handed," the official said, adding that the U.S. downing of the plane sent a "clear message" to Beijing, adding that China's attempt to justify the balloon invasion of the U.S. was extremely chaotic.
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The House of Representatives condemn the use of surveillance balloons over the U.S.
On the same day, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution with 419 votes in favor and 0 votes against, formally condemning the CCP’s use of surveillance balloons over the United States, endangering the national security of the United States.
"Let's stand together against our common enemy," Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said moments before the vote.
"Our enemies are not each other. Our enemies are foreign hostile countries, such as China (Communist Party), Russia, Iran, and North Korea. China (Communist Party) is the largest foreign opponent and the greatest long-term threat to the national security interests of the United States." McCaul said.
News (21) to (24) / Reporters : Chen Jie, Li Shanshan and Li Peiling / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/16/a103650600.html
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The authorities ordered their children to stop the protection of medical insurance rights for the elderly in Wuhan
Due to dissatisfaction with the medical insurance reform, recently, retired elderly people in Wuhan, Hubei Province held two large-scale protests. In addition to sending police to violently drive them away, the authorities also ordered school teachers to call the parents of their children to prevent the elderly from taking to the streets to defend their rights.
On 15 February 2023, a parent’s post on Weibo in mainland China was popular. The title is “Is the current teacher used to restrain the parents?” The article said that the child was in the second grade, and he received a call from the child’s teacher. It is said that the Education Bureau requires teachers to call every parent. Regarding the reform of Wuhan's medical insurance, please ask the elderly at home not to gather together to make trouble. If there is anything wrong, please report to the teacher.
As soon as the news came out, it sparked heated discussions.
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Instructing school teachers to call the children's parents to prevent the elderly from demonstration is excessive
Mr. Liu, a citizen of Wuhan: "This is using children to kidnap other members of the family. This is also a new way for it to maintain stability. This approach is a bit excessive."
Mr. Cai, a citizen of Wuhan: "The official request is definitely to do so. Those who have retired are all in their 60s and 70s. They just want to ensure access to their medical benefits. They have energy, time, and time. I am determined to continue to fight against you. But now the local government really does not have the relevant money and funds to continue to support medical insurance. The central government is now eager to ask the local government for money, and it is even less likely to give the local government money to fill this hole. This contradiction is basically there is no way to avoid it.”
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People fear economic losses under the medical insurance reform
Mr. Cai, a citizen of Wuhan who works in an enterprise, said that the medical insurance reform will also cause economic losses to the employees.
Mr. Cai: "For those of us who are still working and paying for medical insurance, they don't get refunded every month. They just pay and don't get back, and this is also mandatory, so it is harmful to almost everyone. "
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The CCP has a ruling crisis
Mr. Liu, a citizen of Wuhan, said that the CCP has a ruling crisis.
Mr. Liu: "In China, not only the common people are dissatisfied, but the public officials are also dissatisfied. Almost everyone is pushed to the opposite side. Your economic downturn may be the beginning of social unrest. Public officials and ordinary people are bold people. Once merged, it is really dangerous."
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Report says WHO stopped covi traceability investigation, Tedros denies
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/02/16/a103650560.html / Image : World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday (15 February) that efforts will continue until answers to the origin of the covid pandemic are found. Earlier reports indicated that the WHO had dropped the investigation.
Unraveling the mystery of where the virus SARS CoV-2 (also covi, synonym for novel coronavirus, covid virus) came from and how it began to spread among humans is considered critical to avoiding future pandemics. However, according to an article published on the website of the "Nature" magazine on 14 February, the WHO has abandoned the "second phase" investigation into the origin of the pandemic.
The report quoted Maria Van Kerkhove, an epidemiologist at the WHO, as saying that the Chinese Communist Party did not cooperate to continue the investigation of the origin of covid and that "there is no second phase."
The WHO planned to work in stages but "the plan has changed," she said, adding that "political factors around the world have really impeded progress in understanding the origins."
Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, immediately quibbled at a regular press conference in Beijing on 15 February 2023, claiming that CCP China is “open” and “transparent” to the international community, it will continue to support "science-based global traceability work."
Regarding this report, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus replied to reporters on the 15th, saying: "We need to continue to push until we get the answer. Understanding how this pandemic started is very important and very critical."
Tedros said he recently wrote a letter to a senior Chinese official "asking for cooperation, because we need cooperation and transparency of information ... to know how to start".
When asked about this article on the 15th, Van Kerkhove also responded that the report was wrong, "WHO has not given up on researching the origin of COVID-19, we have not and will not give up, and we have not quietly shelved the plan, we have been working on it." , and we remain open and transparent."
Meanwhile, the WHO is facing strong criticism for refusing to take part in the UK's official COVID-19 investigation. A lawyer involved in the investigation said on 14 February that the WHO made a "surprising" decision not to provide a written statement.
British MP and former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith urged the WHO to reconsider its position. He told MailOnline, "The World Health Organization is involved for a reason - we need to make sure they are doing the work they are supposed to be doing."
Sir Smith called on the WHO to "come clean" and increase its involvement in the UK's official covid inquiry, saying the global health body's apparent snub showed it continued to be overly influenced by Beijing.
Tedros had come under fire for China's "transparency" defense in the early weeks of the covid outbreak, and Sir Smith now says the agency needs to be restructured so it is no longer dominated by CCP China.
Scientists and politicians have repeatedly raised concerns about the WHO's relationship with CCP China. Sir Smith pointed out that the WHO, which receives only 0.34% of its funding from CCP China, needs to be reformed to ensure it remains independent in future emergencies.
"Members should demand that the WHO be restructured so that one-country-led problems no longer occur," he added.
Currently, the WHO's largest funder is the United States, accounting for 15.6% of its budget. This is followed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with 12.7%.
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