{"id":2014886,"date":"2023-08-28T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-wake-of-covid-rebound-in-china-falun-gong-founder-says-virus-targets-ccp\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T22:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T02:13:29","slug":"in-wake-of-covid-rebound-in-china-falun-gong-founder-says-virus-targets-ccp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-wake-of-covid-rebound-in-china-falun-gong-founder-says-virus-targets-ccp\/","title":{"rendered":"Falun Gong founder claims COVID targets CCP amid China&#8217;s rebound."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fin-wake-of-covid-rebound-in-china-falun-gong-founder-says-virus-targets-ccp%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=2014886&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>The Resurgence of COVID-19 in China<\/h2>\n<p>More than \u200dthree \u2064years since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in\u2063 Wuhan, China,\u2062 which became ground zero in the worldwide pandemic, the virus is seeing a resurgence in the communist country.<\/p>\n<p>As the fast-spreading Omicron variant dubbed &#8220;Eris&#8221;\u2014named for the Greek goddess\u200b of strife and\u2064 discord\u2014takes hold in China,\u2063 the country is again seeing a spike\u2062 in deaths among members of the regime&#8217;s top echelons, despite their special\u2063 access to medical care and \u2063drugs denied to ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Among those who have died in the latest wave are dozens of Chinese officials, senior executives, prominent academics, and scientists, some\u2064 in their 20s and 30s. The spike in deaths seems reminiscent of that seen in late December, when the country was grappling with\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/chinas-funeral-parlors-suppliers-crushed-by-demand-amid-covid-death-surge-5008030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another<\/a> huge \u2063upsurge in cases that saw hospitals and crematoriums pushed beyond the breaking point.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/falun-gong\/falun-gong-founder-li-hongzhi-publishes-why-do-human-beings-exist-5000952\">Falun Gong Founder Mr. Li Hongzhi Publishes &#8216;How Humankind Came To Be&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">1\/21\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/falun-gong\/falun-gong-founder-mr-li-hongzhi-publishes-why-creator-seeks-to-save-all-life-5201909\">Article by Falun Gong Founder Mr. Li Hongzhi<\/a><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">4\/18\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recent\u200d obituaries of prominent figures \u200cpublished by Chinese\u200c media,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-president-trumps-executive-order-from-yesterday-directly-impacts-the-bidens-investments-in-china\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: President Trump\u2019s Executive Order from Yesterday Directly Impacts the Bidens\u2019 Investments in China\">state-owned entities<\/a>, and major Chinese universities have highlighted\u2064 their CCP affiliations, using titles such as &#8220;outstanding Communist Party member.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Li Hongzhi, founder of\u2064 the spiritual practice Falun Gong, told The Epoch Times on Aug.\u200b 26 that the virus is \u200ddirected at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), along with those who blindly follow the Party, defend it, and give their lives to\u200b it.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Mr. Li said that more than 400 million people in China had died \u200cof COVID-19, and that the Party has been covering up the true situation of the pandemic since it broke out more than \u2062three years\u2064 ago.<\/p>\n<p>At the onset of the pandemic\u2063 in March\u2064 2020, Mr. Li described plagues as an inevitability when moral values deteriorate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When humans become corrupt\u200c in their\u2062 hearts, they \u2063will generate karma, fall \u200bsick, and suffer calamities,&#8221;\u200c Mr. Li wrote in an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.minghui.org\/html\/articles\/2020\/3\/20\/183716.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> titled &#8220;Rationality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But a pandemic like the current &#8216;CCP Virus&#8217; (Wuhan Pneumonia) has come with a purpose\u200d and with a \u200btarget.\u200c It has come to eliminate the followers\u200c of the evil Party\u2064 and those who go along with the evil CCP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Li&#8217;s advice is \u2062that people &#8220;stay far away from the evil CCP and\u2064 don&#8217;t align with the evil Party because what lies behind it is the red demon. Its behavior and actions are thuggish, and \u2063it stops at no evil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, \u2062is a discipline rooted in traditional Chinese beliefs\u2063 on moral \u200band spiritual development. Composed of meditative exercises and a \u200dset of moral teachings \u2062centered on \u2064the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, the discipline is practiced in more than 100 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The practice gained an\u200d estimated 100 million \u2064adherents in China by 1999. The communist regime, fearing this popularity, launched a violent persecution of the\u2062 faith that has caused the deaths of an untold number\u2062 of practitioners.<\/p>\n<h2>Historical Precedent<\/h2>\n<p>Over the past 3 1\/2 years, the world has \u2062learned to live with the virus while\u2064 China&#8217;s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-wake-of-covid-rebound-in-china-falun-gong-founder-says-virus-targets-ccp\/\" title=\"Falun Gong founder claims COVID targets CCP amid China's rebound.\">ruling regime aggressively pursued<\/a> its draconian &#8220;zero COVID&#8221; campaign aimed at eliminating every potential case.<\/p>\n<p>Eris, now\u2063 a dominant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/what-you-need-to-know-about-new-eris-covid-variant-5477514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">variant<\/a> \u2064driving up infection \u200crates in the United States and elsewhere, so\u200d far appears no more dangerous than previous strains, according to health experts.<\/p>\n<p>While officials in China have played \u2062down the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-on-jan-6-riot-im-doing-therapy-because-of-trump-members-of-congress-served-in-war\/\" title=\"AOC On Jan. 6 Riot: I\u2019m \u2018Doing Therapy\u2019 Because Of Trump, Members Of Congress \u2018Served In War\u2019\">public health risk<\/a> and on Aug. 28 dropped COVID-19 testing requirements for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-plan-to-fight-covid-19-through-winter-includes-stricter-rules-for-travelers\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Plan To Fight COVID-19 Through Winter Includes Stricter Rules For Travelers\">inbound international travelers<\/a>, some observers have taken the deaths of Chinese elites as a sign that the situation in the\u2062 country might not be as rosy as authorities are\u2064 seeking to project.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Health care workers attend a COVID patient in Shanghai on Jan. 14, 2023. China in recent weeks has seen another resurgence of the virus. (Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The death toll in China vastly exceeds that of any other country during the pandemic, \u2063noted Heng He, a U.S.-based analyst of Chinese politics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is witnessing a resurgence of COVID-19 as the Omicron variant, nicknamed &#8220;Eris,&#8221; spreads rapidly. Over three years since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China, the virus is causing a spike in cases once more. 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