{"id":1431779,"date":"2022-04-11T19:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431779"},"modified":"2022-04-11T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T23:30:21","slug":"china-criticism-of-shanghai-lockdown-meant-to-delude-people-into-not-fearing-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-criticism-of-shanghai-lockdown-meant-to-delude-people-into-not-fearing-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"China: Criticism of Shanghai Lockdown Meant to &#039;Delude&#039; People into Not Fearing Coronavirus"},"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\">26<\/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-criticism-of-shanghai-lockdown-meant-to-delude-people-into-not-fearing-coronavirus%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=1431779&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\"><span>China\u2019s state-run <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>pushed back against a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/04\/11\/report-shanghai-pandemic-worker-beats-corgi-death-after-family-quarantined\/\"><span>rising tide<\/span><\/a><span> of international criticism and domestic discontent Sunday by insisting the brutal lockdown imposed on Shanghai is appropriate and necessary for containing the Omicron coronavirus outbreak, and reports of misery from the lockdown are Western media exaggerations intended to \u201cdelude the Chinese public.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202204\/1258949.shtml\"><span>sneered<\/span><\/a><span> that Western criticisms of China\u2019s draconian \u201czero-Covid\u201d lockdown policies are just an \u201cover-simplified\u201d attempt to trivialize the omicron variant as \u201cjust a big flu.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/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><span>\u201cExperts believed that hyping this falsified notion is a trick used by some in the West to delude the Chinese public and attempt to weaken China\u2019s adherence to the zero-COVID strategy, which could easily cause havoc in Chinese society,\u201d the Chinese Communist newspaper raved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Omicron is widely seen as more virulent but far less deadly than the original Wuhan coronavirus strain or its delta variant, fueling criticism that Beijing is wildly overreacting to the Shanghai outbreak and will nevertheless be unable to stamp out the disease with lockdowns because it is so highly contagious.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20530316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/04\/shanghai-streets.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A man stands behind barriers during lockdown as a measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus in Jing\u2019an district, in Shanghai on March 31, 2022. (HECTOR RETAMAL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>claimed some Chinese epidemiologists have concluded omicron is\u00a0<\/span><span>more <\/span><span>dangerous than previous variants, contrary to the experience of the rest of the world.\u00a0<\/span><span>The article printed quotes from various health officials nattering that everything is under control in Shanghai, even though a lockdown that was supposed to be imposed in stages and last only a few days has now been extended to the entire population of 26 million and just entered its third week.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20575541\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239779103.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20575541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239779103.png\" alt=\"This photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows people wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as they transfer daily food supplies and necessities for local residents during the Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai. - China OUT (Photo by AFP) \/ China OUT (Photo by STR\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows people wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as they transfer daily food supplies and necessities for local residents during the Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>After months of talking about \u201cherd immunity\u201d as the explanation for China\u2019s suspiciously low case counts and hospitalization numbers, the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>said Chinese epidemiologists have suddenly discovered herd immunity does not exist, so iron lockdowns are the only way to contain omicron outbreaks. The article tap-danced around the embarrassing ineffectiveness of Chinese vaccines by claiming Westerners acquired \u201cimmunity through large-scale infections, which also resulted in the loss of many lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChina\u2019s determination to stick to dynamic zero-COVID will not waver or be swayed by attacks or unfounded criticisms. The country will prove it can explore a way out of the pandemic, with minimal cost and sacrifices,\u201d declared National Health Commission Wang Guiqiang.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China\u2019s determination to stick to dynamic zero-COVID will not waver or be swayed by attacks or unfounded criticisms. The country will prove it can find a way out with minimal cost and sacrifices: epidemiologist <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xqSWLXdpsv\">https:\/\/t.co\/xqSWLXdpsv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q5QAHrZcf0\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q5QAHrZcf0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/auFEEI2Lst\">pic.twitter.com\/auFEEI2Lst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1513134797799182337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>On Monday, the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202204\/1258972.shtml\"><span>editorialized<\/span><\/a><span> that \u201cdynamic zero-Covid\u201d lockdowns are \u201cthe only way out of the current complex situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPractice has repeatedly shown that the key to winning the battle against the epidemic is to adhere to the general dynamic zero-Covid policy without hesitation and unswervingly implement the guidance to cope with the ravaging virus,\u201d the editorial declared, blithely ignoring that coronavirus cases in Shanghai are still increasing, even as the imprisoned residents of the city <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/china-goes-mad-in-lockdown-with-looting-and-murder-suicides-as-shanghai-howls-at-the-moon\"><span>totter on the verge<\/span><\/a><span> of mutiny, starvation, and suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>As in Sunday\u2019s piece, the Monday editorial hammered Chinese Communist talking points that the West is trying to trick China into abandoning its harsh containment policies by claiming \u201comicron is a big flu\u201d and the rest of the world is \u201csuccessfully coexisting with the virus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>sneered that the Western approach amounts to \u201ccruel social Darwinism\u201d \u2013 i.e. make society stronger by letting the weak die off \u2013 and insisted China cannot \u201clie flat\u201d and relent on its coronavirus policies because it has so many children and elderly to think of. Children are at very little risk from any variant of the Wuhan coronavirus. Elderly people are, but China notoriously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/chinas-health-system-faces-raft-of-challenges-as-omicron-hits\/\"><span>miscalculated<\/span><\/a><span> by leaving older people with very low vaccination rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOver the past two years, it is just because of the firm adherence to the principle of people first and life first, and to the scientifically and precisely dynamic zero-COVID policy, that China has managed to maximize the protection of people\u2019s lives and health, while maintaining global leadership in economic development as well as epidemic prevention and control,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>boasted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chinese Communist Party propagandists have good reason to think public faith in their \u201cdynamic zero-Covid\u201d strategies is slipping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other large cities are growing nervous as the Shanghai horror unfolds. The southern port city of Guangzhou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3173850\/shanghai-covid-19-lesson-learned-southern-chinese-guangdong\">rushed<\/a> to head off stampedes at grocery stores by promising that adequate food has been stockpiled for residents. Guangzhou just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/aseanplus\/aseanplus-news\/2022\/04\/11\/shanghai-covid-cases-top-26000-as-guangzhou-shuts-schools\">shut down<\/a> its schools for a week and began mandatory testing for all 18 million residents \u2013 just as Shanghai began with mandatory testing and slipped quickly into full lockdown, clearly <\/span><span>without <\/span><span>creating stockpiles of food or medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s state-run Global Times pushed back against a rising tide of international criticism and domestic discontent Sunday by insisting the brutal lockdown imposed on Shanghai is appropriate and necessary for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431779","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\/1431779","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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431779\/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=1431779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}