{"id":1388761,"date":"2022-03-18T10:09:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1388761"},"modified":"2022-03-18T15:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:45:05","slug":"xi-jinping-finally-addresses-chinas-coronavirus-crisis-barks-at-underlings-to-stick-to-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-finally-addresses-chinas-coronavirus-crisis-barks-at-underlings-to-stick-to-lockdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping Finally Addresses China&#039;s Coronavirus Crisis, Barks at Underlings to Stick to Lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fxi-jinping-finally-addresses-chinas-coronavirus-crisis-barks-at-underlings-to-stick-to-lockdowns%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=1388761&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\">Chinese dictator Xi Jinping ended months of silence on the growing Chinese coronavirus crisis in his country on Thursday, presiding over a Politburo meeting in which he reportedly demanded the country not abandon its strict lockdown policy to fight the surge in cases.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials admitted this week that 28 of its 31 provinces, in addition to the formerly autonomous city of Hong Kong, were experiencing uncontrolled spread of coronavirus infections causing major disruption to health care and daily life for residents. While lockdowns in southern Shenzhen, a technology hub on the border with Hong Kong, prompted the most international attention, China has been locking down major metropolitan areas like Xi\u2019an since late last year over its inability to contain the local epidemic.<\/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>Government media reports, citing Communist Party health \u201cexperts,\u201d have insisted in the past week that the vast majority of documented coronavirus cases consist of mild or asymptomatic disease, a claim at odds with the intense efforts to quarantine citizens and limit overburdening the healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>In northern Jilin province, for example, Beijing boasted that it rapidly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/17\/china-returns-to-2020-style-makeshift-hospitals-for-coronavirus-but-claims-mild-cases-fueling-outbreak\/\">constructed<\/a> a \u201cmakeshift hospital\u201d this week to address heightened demand from coronavirus patients, who are supposedly experiencing, at worst, mild symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>China mandates testing in areas with suspected high volumes of transmission and does not legally allow individuals with mild or asymptomatic cases to treat their disease at home.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20236736\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/virus-outbreak-china-workers-up-covid-test-an-office-building-monday-march-14-2022-beijing-chines.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Workers line up for COVID test outside an office building on Monday, March 14, 2022, in Beijing. Chinese authorities reported more than 1,300 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 across dozens of mainland cities Monday. (AP Photo\/Ng Han Guan)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chinese government media coverage of the crisis notably omitted any mention for months of Xi Jinping responding to the crisis with any action, instead crediting him for unspecified \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/03\/15\/chinese-media-praise-xi-jinpings-insights-while-dictator-remains-absent-in-coronavirus-fight\/\">insights<\/a>\u201d that improved the situation. Despite his near-total stranglehold on power in the country, Xi instead limited himself to commenting on international issues, most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/09\/chinas-xi-jinping-ignores-nationwide-coronavirus-crisis-to-meddle-in-ukraine\/\">involving<\/a> himself in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday that Xi <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20220317\/7814a6295ca6442fb9d3895369a0509a\/c.html\">urged<\/a> Politburo leaders to embrace lockdowns \u201cto curb the spread of the epidemic soonest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore effective measures should be taken to achieve maximum effect in prevention and control with minimum cost, and to reduce the impact on socioeconomic development as much as possible, said Xi,\u201d according to Xinhua. \u201cNoting the recent local [Chinese coronavirus] cluster transmissions appeared in many places in the country, with broad coverage and frequent occurrences, the meeting called for stringent implementation of the policy of early detection, reporting, quarantine and treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xi appeared to threaten Communist Party officials who did not observe \u201cstrict implementation\u201d of quarantine and other limitations with being purged from power.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn regions where the epidemic hit, officials at all levels must consider epidemic prevention and control their top priority and put their utmost effort toward the successful containment of the virus, the meeting underscored,\u201d Xinhua reported. \u201cOfficials who have lost control of the epidemic due to dereliction of duty must be investigated immediately following discipline and regulations, the meeting added.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the forceful demand to adhere to an emergency response plan that belies a grave situation on the ground, Xi also reportedly declared victory against the coronavirus pandemic yet again; Xi initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/03\/10\/xi-jinping-finally-visits-wuhan-missing-citys-worst-coronavirus-moments\/\">claimed<\/a> China had defeated the disease in March 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20226206\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A-child-undergoes-a-nucleic-acid-test-for-the-Covid-19-coronavirus-in-Yantai-in-Chinas-eastern-Shandong-province-on-March-14-2022.-China-OUT-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20226206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/A-child-undergoes-a-nucleic-acid-test-for-the-Covid-19-coronavirus-in-Yantai-in-Chinas-eastern-Shandong-province-on-March-14-2022.-China-OUT-.jpg\" alt=\"A child undergoes a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Yantai, in China&#039;s eastern Shandong province on March 14, 2022. - China OUT\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A child undergoes a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Yantai, in China\u2019s eastern Shandong province on March 14, 2022. \u2013 China OUT<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe country\u2019s economic performance and [Chinese coronavirus] response, which both led the world, fully demonstrated its strength and capacity in epidemic prevention and control,\u201d Xinhua paraphrased Xi as saying. \u201cIt also showed the advantages of the CPC\u2019s [Communist Party] leadership and the socialist system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em>, another state propaganda outlet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1255198.shtml\">cited<\/a> \u201ctop epidemiologists\u201d who breathlessly \u201chailed this meeting\u201d for \u201cinjecting the much-needed \u2018anchoring energy&#8217;\u201d into China\u2019s coronavirus response \u2013 an apparent admission that Xi had not provided sufficient leadership on the issue in the past.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis meeting has injected the much-needed \u2018anchoring energy\u2019 into the current work to fight [Chinese coronavirus], as the country is fighting a hard battle against the highly contagious Omicron variant,\u201d the newspaper paraphrased an anonymous alleged \u201cexpert from Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese CDC)\u201d as saying.<br \/>The\u00a0<em>Times<\/em> claimed in the article, published Thursday, that some of the cities facing the most acute spread of Chinese coronavirus had already begun to see \u201cquick declines,\u201d citing Jilin in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJilin, the province that recorded four-digit caseloads for four consecutive days, detected 742 confirmed cases on Wednesday,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em> claimed, adding that a local expert estimated that 95 percent of Jilin cases are either asymptomatic or mild \u2013 again calling into question the need for a makeshift hospital.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20147930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-China.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20147930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Coronavirus-outbreak-in-China.jpg\" alt=\"Workers in protective suits take a rest as people line up to register during a mass COVID-19 test outside a shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo\/Andy Wong)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Workers in protective suits take a rest as people line up to register during a mass COVID-19 test outside a shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo\/Andy Wong)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Friday morning, the\u00a0<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1255234.shtml\">reported<\/a> that cases in Jilin had \u201csurged sharply\u201d between Thursday and Friday and blamed local officials for the setback. After reporting 742 cases on Wednesday, the province reported 1,834 cases on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A top Chinese official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/03\/15\/china-admits-defeat-grim-coronavirus-outbreak-hits-28-provinces\/\">admitted<\/a> this week that China\u2019s coronavirus situation is currently \u201cgrim and complex,\u201d even as state media outlets and Xi himself celebrated the alleged success of China\u2019s extreme lockdown measures.<br \/>\u201c[T]he current epidemic situation is grim and complex, making it difficult to prevent and control,\u201d deputy head of China\u2019s National Health Commission (NHC) Lei Zhenglong said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] Chinese mainland has reported more than 15,000 domestically-transmitted positive cases from March 1 to 14, affecting 28 provinces and regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1647687244819000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3QKjSYjwAwdRRTO6wxJ9Cf\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1647687244819000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3VPEwUmVCaroYj4DuTU7Z9\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese dictator Xi Jinping ended months of silence on the growing Chinese coronavirus crisis in his country on Thursday, presiding over a Politburo meeting in which he reportedly demanded the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1388761","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\/1388761","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388761\/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=1388761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}