{"id":1755479,"date":"2022-11-29T06:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755479"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:33:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:33:24","slug":"white-house-issues-tepid-statement-acknowledging-china-protests-against-lockdown-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-issues-tepid-statement-acknowledging-china-protests-against-lockdown-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Issues Tepid Statement Acknowledging China Protests Against Lockdown Policies"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhite-house-issues-tepid-statement-acknowledging-china-protests-against-lockdown-policies%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=1755479&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/11\/Untitled-design-2022-11-28T102524.528.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The White House released a statement on Monday regarding China\u2019s strict COVID lockdown policies, offering a tepid response following several days of protests across the communist nation.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of offering support to back the freedoms of the Chinese people, the Biden administration focused on the difficulty of a \u201czero COVID\u201d approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve said that zero COVID is not a policy we are pursuing here in the United States. And as we\u2019ve said, we think it\u2019s going to be very difficult for the People\u2019s Republic of China to be able to contain this virus through their zero-COVID strategy,\u201d a National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New White House statement on the protests in China: \u201cWe\u2019ve long said everyone has the right to peacefully protest, here in the United States and around the world. This includes in the PRC,\u201d a National Security Council spokesperson says. <\/p>\n<p>Full statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4yOBcb8PKL\">pic.twitter.com\/4yOBcb8PKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NatashaBertrand\/status\/1597213792487997441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement also focused on what the U.S. is doing rather than criticizing China\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, we are focused on what works and that means using public health tools like: continuing to enhance vaccination rates, including boosters and making testing and treatment easily accessible,\u201d the statement added. \u201cWe\u2019ve long said everyone has the right to peacefully protest, here in the United States and around the world. This includes in the PRC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protests emerged across China on Thursday after 10 people died in a fire at a residential building in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang autonomous region, that was under lockdown. The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/protests-against-covid-lockdowns-erupt-across-china-some-turn-violent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that videos of the incident posted on social media spawned accusations that lockdowns contributed to the deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of the city have been locked down and prevented from leaving their homes for as long as 100 days at a time, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/shanghai-hit-by-covid-protests-anger-spreads-across-china-2022-11-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The peaceful protests have led to increased security in Shanghai and Beijing, the outlet reported on Monday. Chinese President Xi Jinping has continued to push for strong lockdown efforts to eradicate the virus despite the calls for freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The pushback by China\u2019s citizens against lockdowns reaches back far earlier than last week\u2019s deadly fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last two years, Mr. Xi backed himself into a corner by owning the zero-COVID policy. The most rational way for him to handle the situation if protests continue to grow is to pressure local authorities to crack down hard while distancing himself,\u201d Ho-fung Hung, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/xi-jinping-step-down-china-deadly-fire-protests-zero-covid-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cBut then there is a risk that local authorities might refuse to follow the directive closely as they are worn down by the zero-Covid rigidities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Biden administration\u2019s response, a growing number of conservative voices are speaking out over China\u2019s severe limitations against freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has had enough of the COVID tyranny,\u201d Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs tweeted on Monday. \u201cThese types of draconian lockdowns are ineffective and crumble societies.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China has had enough of the COVID tyranny. <\/p>\n<p>These types of draconian lockdowns are ineffective and crumble societies.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1597247548607324160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn also blasted the ruling Chinese Communist Party over its harsh treatment of both citizens and media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthoritarian regimes like the CCP arrest and harass journalists in an attempt to rewrite the truth,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1597081826572791808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House released a statement on Monday regarding China\u2019s strict COVID lockdown policies, offering a tepid response following several days of protests across the communist nation.Instead of offering support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1753886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755479","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=1755479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}