{"id":1078199,"date":"2021-12-02T20:43:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078199"},"modified":"2021-12-02T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T01:43:55","slug":"china-admits-loopholes-in-disastrous-coronavirus-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-admits-loopholes-in-disastrous-coronavirus-response\/","title":{"rendered":"China Admits &#039;Loopholes&#039; in Disastrous Coronavirus Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-admits-loopholes-in-disastrous-coronavirus-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202112\/1240439.shtml\">admitted<\/a> on Wednesday that \u201cloopholes in port management\u201d contributed to the country\u2019s latest coronavirus outbreak in the China-Russia border city of Manzhouli this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEpidemiologists and insiders warned that loopholes in port management challenge China\u2019s dynamic zero-COVID policy,\u201d the newspaper wrote on December 1 while reporting on a rising number of new \u201cCovid-19,\u201d or Chinese coronavirus, cases in Manzhouli.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The city has a population of roughly 350,000 and is strategically located along China\u2019s border with Russia, specifically in China\u2019s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Manzhouli recorded 142 new coronavirus cases as of December 1. The <em>Global Times<\/em>, a newspaper run by China\u2019s ruling Communist Party, was quick to shirk responsibility for Manzhouli\u2019s infections on Wednesday, alleging all 142 were \u201ccaused by contaminated imported goods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not the first time this land port city has had to confront coronavirus flare-ups caused by imported cases,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManzhouli port found imported cases from Russia in April 2020 and then fought a domestic outbreak in late November 2020 due to imported virus,\u201d the publication recalled.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18954978\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/wi\/afp\/30\/health-workers-personal-protective-equipment-stand-guard-residental-lockdown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18954978 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/health-workers-personal-protective-equipment-stand-guard-residental-lockdown-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This photo taken on November 30, 2021 shows health workers (C) in personal protective equipment (PPE) standing guard outside a residential area which is restricted due to the spread of Covid-19 in Manzhouli in China\u2019s northern Inner Mongolia region. (Photo by CNS \/ AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>China\u2019s coronavirus caseload has surged since October 17, when a single outbreak linked to the Inner Mongolian town of Ejin Banner allegedly launched an epidemic that subsequently spread nationwide, according to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)\u2019s official account. Ejin Banner, like Manzhouli, is a Chinese land port city that borders Mongolia. Communist officials said a tour group from Shanghai traveled to China\u2019s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in early October. Some of the group\u2019s members allegedly contracted coronavirus from an unspecified \u201cforeign source\u201d while visiting Ejin Banner, thus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/26\/coronavirus-shanghai-hospitals-stop-taking-emergency-patients\/\">triggering<\/a> a local outbreak of the disease that quickly leapt across provincial Chinese borders. The epidemic has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/09\/chinese-city-offers-cash-for-clues-as-covid-outbreak-declared-a-peoples-war\">affected<\/a> at least 20 Chinese provinces and regions since mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Global Times<\/em> continued to push this unproven narrative on December 1, claiming, \u201cEjin Banner was hit by an imported source in mid-October [sic].\u201d The newspaper tied the alleged incident to its earlier acknowledgment of China\u2019s poor port management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the source remains unclear then, epidemiologists close to the National Health Commission believe the virus was likely imported through ports from Mongolia, highlighting the challenges that Chinese ports are facing as the global epidemic has yet to be tamed [sic],\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> opined.<\/p>\n<p>In Heihe, another China-Russia border city, local CCP officials also blamed imported coronavirus infections from Russia on a local outbreak of the disease in early November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to state media, officials have urged people in the border city to immediately report any instances of illegal hunting, animal smuggling, or people crossing the border to fish,\u201d the <em>Guardian<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/09\/chinese-city-offers-cash-for-clues-as-covid-outbreak-declared-a-peoples-war\">reported<\/a> on November 9. \u201cIt also warned of severe penalties for people who intentionally conceal relevant information.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s state-run Global Times admitted on Wednesday that \u201cloopholes in port management\u201d contributed to the country\u2019s latest coronavirus outbreak in the China-Russia border city of Manzhouli this week. \u201cEpidemiologists and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}