This is not the first time Van Kerkhove has been vocal about China’s lack of transparency about Covid, nor is she the only world leader to call on China to be forthcoming about the beginnings of the pandemic.
In March, Van Kerkhove described to Science WHO’s late discovery of the Chinese data about the market as “beyond infuriating,” calling the lack of collaboration “scary as hell.”
Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and a member of President Joe Biden’s Covid task force during the presidential transition, said Van Kerkhove’s editorial puts WHO on the record on the issue.
“Will that be a compelling incentive for China to share more? No. They’re going to do what they’re going to do,” Osterholm said.
Several sources told DW that police in large cities like Shanghai have been randomly checking people’s phones on the street or on subways. Police have demanded people provide personal information and immediately remove apps like Telegram, Twitter or Instagram.
Others have said they were called by police and had their phones searched by authorities.
“Police warned me not to use Telegram and asked me to stop sharing information about the pandemic through the software,” said one protester with the surname Lin, who declined to be identified by his full name due to security concerns. — Read on www.dw.com/en/china-fights-lockdown-protests-by-targeting-smartphones/a-63953000
The Chinese Consul-General in Manchester, Zheng Xiyuan, who was seen pulling the protester’s hair, told UK media“it’s my duty” to reactas the man “abused” his country and his leader.
The Greater Manchester Police said on Monday’s statement that their investigators have been gathering a range of evidence including “CCTV, police body-worn video, mobile phone footage, and witness statements from as many people involved as possible.”
Xi-zero Covid Policy: China's anti-human epidemic prevention, Chinese people's genitals are sealed, and they are not allowed to pee pic.twitter.com/EQHozuWoBr
与该运动有关的一些账户还发布了捏造的内容，例如据称是参议员马可·卢比奥的办公室寄给人类学家阿德里安·曾茨（Adrian Zenz）的信，后者是中国对待新疆维吾尔人的著名批评者。在一个现已暂停帐户的推文中，伪造信件的三张图片试图“抹黑”人类学家 Adrian Zenz，暗示他从卢比奥和前白宫首席战略家史蒂夫班农以及共产主义受害者纪念基金会获得资金.
“Baidu Maps show that there are 38 Shandong dumpling restaurants and 67 Shanxi noodle restaurants in Taipei,” China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying tweeted on Sunday.
“Palates don’t cheat. #Taiwan has always been a part of China. The long lost child will eventually return home,” said Hua, who has the @SpokespersonCHN handle on Twitter.
One of the most popular response came from Morgan Ortagus, who served as State Department spokesperson during the administration of former President Donald Trump.
“There are over 8,500 KFC restaurants in China. Palates don’t cheat. #China has always been a part of Kentucky. The long lost child will eventually return home,” Ortagus said in her now viral tweet.
In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself
Taiwan, Covid, “color revolutions,” the classroom: everywhere, China’s leader sees threats that foreign forces can exploit, and he has enlisted the whole nation to defend against them.
The Chinese Communist Party-tied TikTok reached the climax of its lengthy battle with the Media Research Center’s video division by entirely axing it from the platform without notice.
An MRCTV staff member opened the TikTok App to find that the account was “banned” — again — but not before the platform removed five more videos.
No 10 should follow parliament and ditch TikTok, says Tory MP
…The group, who have all been banned from China and Hong Kong, pointed to TikTok’s ownership by a Chinese company, ByteDance, and warned that under a Chinese security law, the company would be obliged to supply the personal data of users to Beijing…..
China’s cyberspace watchdog reports ‘significant results’ in online platform regulation
The Cybersecurity Administration of China said it summoned more than 3,400 internet platforms during the first half of 2022A Politburo meeting this week concluded that the government would ‘normalise’ regulatory efforts aimed at tech platforms
Ridiculous! China is promoting its propaganda in Canada campus! Chinese teacher poisoned Canada kids with Chinese movie “My People, My Country”.The movie was produced by Chinese Communist Party(CCP)with a single purpose of brainwashing people by beautifying itself
The CCP begins brainwashing their children with propaganda and forced indoctrination at a very young age. By the time they are adults, many Chinese believe the CCP is god. The few who don’t can’t say otherwise for fear of retaliation from the CCP.
In the past four years, China’s global image has deteriorated extensively.
中国崩溃的全球形象 过去四年，中国的全球形象大幅恶化。
In the past four years, China’s global image, which had been positive or at least neutral in many parts of the globe for the previous two decades, has deteriorated extensively. This deterioration has occurred not only among leading democracies such as the United States and Japan, with whom China already had prickly relations, but also among developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. China had enjoyed positive relations with states in these regions between the 1990s and late 2010s. In some parts of the world, ……
Torture claims against China Uyghurs ‘credible’ says United Nations – BBC News
96,540 views Sep 2, 2022 China has been accused of crimes against humanity in regards to their treatment of Uyghurs Muslims and other minorities, according to a report by the UN. The report suggests there has been credible allegations of torture and sexual abuse in detention camps in the Xinjiang province. China has claimed the report is a farce created by the UN and western countries.
An MRCTV staff member opened the TikTok App to find that the account was “banned” — again — but not before the platform removed five more videos. 
