Thread by @joshuawongcf

[The outbreak has been more than just #WuhanVirus spread]

1/ By covering up the severity of pandemic with force & fear, #China has turned whole crisis into the Chernobyl disaster of the 21st century. China's still clamping down on #coronavirus coverage as cases surge day by day.

2/ For the past decades, #China’s despotic rule has cracked down on any signs of dissidence on its territory. Lawyers are made disappeared, dissidents are put under watch, and whistleblowers are disciplined. While #Uyghurs are detained while churches are demolished.

3/ Under the surface, we see the powerlessness of power. Burnished by the personality cult, this rigid regime rules the people with fear and distrust. #Beijing's iron-fist control on citizenry also makes it unresponsive to social grievance.

4/ Just hours ago, Dr. #LiWenliang, one of the 8 disciplined whistleblowers died. When truth-tellers are accused of “spreading rumours and severely disturbing social order”, this authoritarian regime is doomed to fail.

5/ I think it is time for #CCP to wake up from its dream and face the damages they have done to the civil society and democratic aspirations on its territory.