1/ Last month, it was widely reported that Chinese business leader Ren Zhiqiang was given an 18-year sentence for calling Xi Jinping a "clown."
That's not what happened.
Ren was given an 18-year sentence because he wanted the truth about Xi's lockdowns.
nytimes.com/2020/09/22/wor…
That's not what happened.
Ren was given an 18-year sentence because he wanted the truth about Xi's lockdowns.
nytimes.com/2020/09/22/wor…
2/ In his essay, Ren was disgusted with Xi's COVID response:
"Trying to cover up the true facts with various 'great achievements,' as if this epidemic began with your written instructions on January 7."
Jan 7 was the day Xi authorized Wuhan's lockdown.
nytimes.com/2020/02/15/wor…
"Trying to cover up the true facts with various 'great achievements,' as if this epidemic began with your written instructions on January 7."
Jan 7 was the day Xi authorized Wuhan's lockdown.
nytimes.com/2020/02/15/wor…
3/ Ren continues: "Why haven’t the January 7 instructions been made public, not yet even today?! How were various national-level meetings able to gather after January 7? Why are you still traveling abroad? Why did you celebrate Spring Festival in Yunnan?…
chinadigitaltimes.net/2020/03/transl…
chinadigitaltimes.net/2020/03/transl…
4/ Ren goes on: "China’s ruling party concealed the cause of the outbreak, then using the power of the entire country, followed up by sealing a city, deceiving the trust of the WHO, and winning international praise."
5/ Repeat: "WHY HAVEN'T THE JANUARY 7 INSTRUCTIONS BEEN MADE PUBLIC, NOT YET EVEN TODAY?!"
That's a question I think we'd all like the answer to—which would help explain many of the events of 2020. But Xi instead decided Ren couldn't handle the truth.
That's a question I think we'd all like the answer to—which would help explain many of the events of 2020. But Xi instead decided Ren couldn't handle the truth.
6/ Team Reality is already down one man, condemned for life to one of Xi's dungeons.
Next time you catch some random blue-check praising China's lockdowns, remember not even Chinese people believe it, they just get 18 years when they say so.
hrw.org/news/2020/09/2…
Next time you catch some random blue-check praising China's lockdowns, remember not even Chinese people believe it, they just get 18 years when they say so.
hrw.org/news/2020/09/2…
7/ Ren's essay concludes: "When shameless and ignorant people attempt to resign themselves to the stupidity of the great leader, society becomes a mob that is hard to develop and sustain."
Truer words have never been spoken.
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Truer words have never been spoken.
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