Large-scale protests erupted in Hebei over the CCP's flood discharge

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The CCP’s flood discharge ignited civil anger, and large-scale protests erupted in Hebei

Reporter : Li Enzhen / Editor : Wen Hui /  https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/08/05/a103761601.html / Image : Bazhou, Hebei Province, was flooded due to flood discharge but the CCP’s official media falsely claimed that it was “caused by heavy rain”, which caused people to protest to the local government, and fierce conflict broke out between the two sides. (Video screenshot)

The CCP’s flood discharge caused the city of Bazhou in Hebei Province to be flooded, leaving tens of thousands of people homeless and ruined. However, the CCP’s CCTV report falsely claimed that the flood was “caused by heavy rain.” This statement ignited civil anger. On  5 August 2023, large-scale protests broke out in Hebei. In front of the government building, violent clashes broke out between protesters and police.

On 4 August 2023, the CCTV website of the Communist Party of China reported on "Bazhou, Hebei: Rainfall caused some villages to submerge and all trapped people were transferred", claiming that the flooding of Bazhou was "due to the impact of rainfall." CCTV News also broadcast the news at the same time.

The news outraged the people besieged by the floods. On 5 August 2023, villagers in Dongyangzhuang Village, Bazhou, went to the government building to protest. They held up banners reading "Give me back my home, it was obviously caused by flood discharge, but it was caused by rain" to protest.

The live video posted on the Internet showed that the people at the scene were angry and protested loudly. When the people were filming, the on-site staff stopped the people from videotaping, and the people asked "why not let me record", that is, "record you!" There are also videos showing that fierce conflicts broke out at the scene, and a group of men in black held police shields and beat the villagers.

Local people protested one after another. Under the pressure of public opinion, on 5 August, the Bazhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Bazhou Municipal Government issued a letter to the villagers, saying that from 2 am on 1 August 2023, Hebei Province decided to activate the East Deposit and flood detention areas. "All the people in the Dongdian flood storage and detention area of our city obeyed the command, responded positively, and moved out of their long-lived homes without hesitation." This letter also means that the authorities admit that the flood in Bazhou was caused by "flood discharge".

However, the local official "fire extinguishing letter" could not extinguish the anger of the people. On 5 August, the voices of netizens protested continued to ferment, and they posted flood videos and pictures to express their protest to the CCP authorities.

A netizen named "Bacillus xl" said, "@央TV.com distorts the facts. Bazhou and Zhuozhou caused so much flooding. As many villages and houses were lost. Aerial photography of each village caused the flood to only have roofs, saying that it was caused by rainfall. Are you sorry for the farmers who lost their homes?! What about their sacrifices? What about their homes? Why did they move?! When Du Surui came, how much rain fell in these two places? There is no water in the village. Can Official Weibo report truthfully?!"

"Happy Landlords" said, "This flood not only submerged tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, but also damaged tens of thousands of houses and business properties. Countless victims lost their homes and became homeless. Bazhou has 47 natural disasters inundating villages, these villages have been submerged. I hope that all the media will speak with facts, and don’t say that the property losses caused by the flood discharge of the people of Bazhou, Hebei Province are caused by rain! Bazhou has taken a lot of responsibility! Don’t let the people of Bazhou be sad."

"I'm a landslide," said, "The flood in Bazhou was definitely not caused by rain! There has been no rain around Bazhou for two days, but the water level has been rising! You can think about it for yourself! You can be wronged, but you can't block guns for no reason! Speaking in special times requires a theoretical basis! So many companies were destroyed and so many people were displaced, how can you say it was because of heavy rainfall!"

"Bo Nianxuan Sixian" said, "CCTV fabricates facts and deceives the people. Firefighters? Most of the villages in Bazhou are volunteers organized by our people to resist the impact of the flood. The existing villages have been flooded. I am ashamed to say that the firefighters rescued the people. The rain caused it? Whose rain can flood a village. CCTV please respect the facts, half of Dabazhou paid a heavy price for the flood discharge, the rent was destroyed, the factory was washed away, dozens. We are all volunteers from our own village doing the rescue, not firefighters, so don’t distort the facts and let the common people feel cold.”

"It doesn't matter Zhang Yingying," said, "It's obviously because of the flood discharge, but it was said to be a problem of rainfall. We gave up our homes to make way for the flood. The whole family scattered in several places to escape. Seeing the flood gradually submerged our home, there was nothing we could do. I can only cry again and again! Now we are bearing the pain of the destruction of our homeland, and we are being made worse by the media, wrongly reported, where is the justice?"

"@我是suihua大伤象" said, "This flood has caused us to lose our homes, and we have struggled all our lives to follow the flood, but the news says that we are raining and stagnant water. Please speak up for us correctly and seek justice for our flood discharge area, we don’t ask for help, just don’t let the common people lose their homes and cool people’s hearts. Please speak up for us correctly and describe the flood discharge as rain. Half of Wen’an County, Bazhou has become a vast ocean. The common people have struggled for dozens of years. Years of foundation industry went bankrupt in an instant! There are thousands of trapped people, and we have to find a way to rescue them ourselves. We don’t want to let the whole country know us like Zhuozhou, we just want to be true and not let the common people feel cold!”