The #Chinese regime has muzzled citizens who have sought to reveal the true situation of the #CCPVirus outbreak that originated in #Wuhan.
Those suppressed include #Whistleblower doctors, citizen #Journalists, scholars, and business people. (Thread👇) theepochtimes.com/silenced-stori…
Those suppressed include #Whistleblower doctors, citizen #Journalists, scholars, and business people. (Thread👇) theepochtimes.com/silenced-stori…
Dr. Li Wenliang
“Seven ‘SARS-like’ cases from the Huanan seafood market have been confirmed,” he wrote on Dec. 30, 2019 on @WeChatApp.
#LiWenliang was among the first people to publicize information about the #CCPVirus outbreak in #Wuhan.
“Seven ‘SARS-like’ cases from the Huanan seafood market have been confirmed,” he wrote on Dec. 30, 2019 on @WeChatApp.
#LiWenliang was among the first people to publicize information about the #CCPVirus outbreak in #Wuhan.
The police statement said he had violated the law.
“Don’t go against the authorities, don’t wear masks, don’t make careless remarks,” hospital colleague Zhao Chen recalled a department director as saying, after #LiWenliang was summoned by police.
“Don’t go against the authorities, don’t wear masks, don’t make careless remarks,” hospital colleague Zhao Chen recalled a department director as saying, after #LiWenliang was summoned by police.
Days later, #LiWenliang contracted the #CCPVirus while operating on an asymptomatic patient for glaucoma.He died on Feb. 7, leaving behind a pregnant wife and a young son.
Shaken by his death, Chinese netizens held vigils in mourning and began a wider call for #FreeSpeech.
Shaken by his death, Chinese netizens held vigils in mourning and began a wider call for #FreeSpeech.
Ai Fen
An emergency surgeon at the hospital, Ai Fen later revealed she was the “whistle provider” who gave the diagnosis report to Dr. #LiWenliang.
Realizing that the #CCPVirus could be contagious, she required everyone in the emergency department to wear masks.
An emergency surgeon at the hospital, Ai Fen later revealed she was the “whistle provider” who gave the diagnosis report to Dr. #LiWenliang.
Realizing that the #CCPVirus could be contagious, she required everyone in the emergency department to wear masks.
Police didn’t go after Ai, but she received an “unprecedented, very harsh admonition” from her superiors.
“Many, many times, I thought how nice it would be if we could turn back the clock,” she said, adding that she regretted not telling more doctors about the danger.
“Many, many times, I thought how nice it would be if we could turn back the clock,” she said, adding that she regretted not telling more doctors about the danger.
Fang Bin
A #Wuhan clothes salesman, #FangBin began filming his trips to #Hospitals around the locked-down city and posting the videos online in late January.
The scenes showed long lines outside hospitals, patients clinging to life, and distraught family members.
A #Wuhan clothes salesman, #FangBin began filming his trips to #Hospitals around the locked-down city and posting the videos online in late January.
The scenes showed long lines outside hospitals, patients clinging to life, and distraught family members.
That evening, around half a dozen masked men in hazmat suits knocked on his door, demanding to take his temperature.
The men forced their way into his house, confiscated his electronic devices, and took him to a police station where police questioned him about his videos.
The men forced their way into his house, confiscated his electronic devices, and took him to a police station where police questioned him about his videos.
Less than two weeks later, #FangBin went missing. His friends told @EpochTimes that he had been detained.
Chen Qiushi
A 34-year-old lawyer-turned-citizen-journalist from eastern #China, #ChenQiushi arrived in #Wuhan on Jan. 24, a day after the city was placed under #Lockdown.
Armed with a smartphone, he said he wanted to document stories about the city’s residents.
A 34-year-old lawyer-turned-citizen-journalist from eastern #China, #ChenQiushi arrived in #Wuhan on Jan. 24, a day after the city was placed under #Lockdown.
Armed with a smartphone, he said he wanted to document stories about the city’s residents.
“What sort of a journalist are you if you don’t dare rush to the frontlines?”
In just over two weeks, he published more than 100 posts on his YouTube and Twitter accounts—both platforms are banned in #China—that drew millions of views.
In just over two weeks, he published more than 100 posts on his YouTube and Twitter accounts—both platforms are banned in #China—that drew millions of views.
The work took a toll on Chen.
“I’m scared. In front of me is the virus. Behind me is China’s legal and administrative power,” he said in an emotional video, recorded in his hotel room on Jan. 30.
“I’m scared. In front of me is the virus. Behind me is China’s legal and administrative power,” he said in an emotional video, recorded in his hotel room on Jan. 30.
Authorities have harassed his parents, who live in eastern #China, probing for his location, Chen said.
Then, he said through tears, while pointing at the camera: “I’m not afraid of dying. Why should I be afraid of you, Communist Party?”
Then, he said through tears, while pointing at the camera: “I’m not afraid of dying. Why should I be afraid of you, Communist Party?”
Ren Zhiqiang
Dubbed by Chinese media as “the cannon” for his fierce, unreserved criticism, 69-year-old Chinese real estate tycoon #RenZhiqiang went missing days after he took aim at the #Beijing regime.
Dubbed by Chinese media as “the cannon” for his fierce, unreserved criticism, 69-year-old Chinese real estate tycoon #RenZhiqiang went missing days after he took aim at the #Beijing regime.
“This outbreak of the Wuhan pneumonia has verified the reality: when all media ‘take on the surname of the Party,’ the people are abandoned,” he wrote in a scathing article, criticizing authorities for their handling of the #CCPvirus outbreak and the #Censorship of internet info.
Ren criticized the #CCP for praising its achievements during a February teleconference with top leaders.
“The truth as seen from the outbreak is that the Party is defending its own interests,” he said.
“The truth as seen from the outbreak is that the Party is defending its own interests,” he said.
On March 12, #RenZhiqiang became incommunicado.
He’s not the only one recently punished for criticizing the #CCP’s outbreak response.
#XuZhangrun, a legal scholar at @Tsinghua_Uni, was placed under house arrest after he published an article denouncing the regime’s hypocrisy.
He’s not the only one recently punished for criticizing the #CCP’s outbreak response.
#XuZhangrun, a legal scholar at @Tsinghua_Uni, was placed under house arrest after he published an article denouncing the regime’s hypocrisy.
The article was titled “Angry People Are No Longer Afraid.”
“It is true that the present level of popular fury due to the handling of the epidemic is volcanic; people thus enraged may, in the end, also cast aside their fears,” he wrote.
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“It is true that the present level of popular fury due to the handling of the epidemic is volcanic; people thus enraged may, in the end, also cast aside their fears,” he wrote.
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