#Covid China

[the-juicymango]

China Protest: How are blank sheets of paper becoming symbol of defiance in China protests?

China Protest: How are blank sheets of paper becoming symbol of defiance in China protests?

Chinese protesters have turned to blank sheets of paper to express their anger over COVID-19 restrictions in a rare, widespread outpouring of public dissent that has gone beyond social media to some of China’s streets and top universities. Images and videos circulated online showed students at universities in cities including Nanjing and Beijing holding up blank sheets of paper in silent…

[nepalniceties]

Study shows Covid infected in China reaches 900 million

Study shows Covid infected in China reaches 900 million

A study conducted by Peking University has revealed that around 900 million people in China have been infected with the Coronavirus as of 11 January. As per the report, 64% of the country’s population is estimated to have contracted the virus. Top three provinces with higher infection rate are Gansu province- with 91% of the people reported to be infected, followed by Yunnan (84%) and Qinghai…

[newstownusa]

China is taking a firm step away from a strict "zero-Covid" approach after mass protests

China is taking a firm step away from a strict “zero-Covid” approach after mass protests

China on Wednesday announced it would be lifting some of its toughest rules to contain Covid-19, a major step away from a strategy that has restricted daily life for nearly three years and sparked rare nationwide protests in recent weeks. People with mild or asymptomatic coronavirus cases can self-isolate at home, health officials say, while strict testing requirements for some public places are…

[mysharona1987]

[destielmemenews]

The US military ran a secret propaganda campaign to encourage people in developing countries to not accept life-saving aid from China, including China's new vaccine.

Reuters article -> https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

"Reuters identified at least 300 accounts on X, formerly Twitter, that matched descriptions shared by former U.S. military officials familiar with the Philippines operation. Almost all were created in the summer of 2020 and centered on the slogan #Chinaangvirus – Tagalog for China is the virus."

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[secondwheel]

True or false?

[justaboutsnapped]

Begging you guys to look at what's happening in China

If you have a minute to spare, please consider reading and sharing this post.

[image ID: various photos about the #A4 revolution that is happening in China.

1st photo: a piece of white A4 paper with the following text on it: "Protests have been breaking out in many cities and university campuses across China thsi weekend in response to the highrise fire tragedy in Urumqi. Protesters called for end of zero-Covid policy and even an end to the Xi Jinping regime. The sheer number of particiipating cities and universities in this wave of protest have not been seen since 1989, after the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre where protesting students and citizens were murdered by the Chinese army. Freedom of expression and protest are luxuries in China. Even holding a piece of white paper in public can get you into trouble with the police. We call on Chinese nationals from every corner of the world to join in the #A4revolution and simply post a picture of an A4 blank paper on social media to speak the unspeakable and support the brave fellow Chinese citizens who are taking it to the streets in China." In the bottom right hand corner are the hashtags #白纸革命 and #A4 revolution.

2nd photo: protesters holding up pieces of white, blank A4 paper. The third photo is has protesters holding up paper on the left side, and a row of police standing guard right across from them. The fourth photo is of a piece of blank A4 paper

3rd photo: protesters holding up paper on the left side, and a row of police standing guard right across from them.

4th photo: a blank, white piece of A4 paper

end ID.]

I don't wanna guilt trip people and say things like "if you don't reblog this you don't care". but not a lot of people in the world know about what is happening in China right now so I'd really appreciate it if you'd share it with your family, friends, and peers.

The images above are reposted from the instagram account @citizensdailycn. If you speak Chinese and are not up to date regarding the situation please check them out at https://www.instagram.com/citizensdailycn/. They are also on twitter under the same username: https://twitter.com/CitizensDailyCN. If you speak English, you can check out their English counterpart, @whatsup_beijing: https://www.instagram.com/whatsup_beijing. Actual footage of the protests can be found on the Instagram account @northern_square: https://www.instagram.com/northern_square. If you want to distribute posters, here are some designs protestors have made: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vgjmsp8dgjnav93/AAD04p5ljQZ1hi9YSz4TAfmHa/%E6%9C%89hashtag%E6%B5%B7%E6%8A%A5?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vgjmsp8dgjnav93/AACsR7d5ICrG7hlYPErJSIuEa/%E6%97%A0hashtag%E6%B5%B7%E6%8A%A5?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ql2CyIZfWy36nFRn0ahu83oCxh5zRXAj

This is the first time I've posted anything like this, and it is 2:49 AM in the morning so my post might not be perfect. If anyone has any resources or additions please feel free to add them in the reblogs! Also if you think the image IDs need improvement, or that I need more trigger/content warning tags please let me know by sending an ask or a message. Thank you.

[revenge-of-the-shit]

JUST BECAUSE IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT CHINESE-AMERICANS DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC OR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THE MOVIE IS LITERALLY A RAUNCHY SEXY COMEDY

[reasonsforhope]

"During the global coronavirus pandemic, China built dozens of makeshift hospitals and state quarantine centers, some out of steel container boxes. They became closely associated with the anxiety of mass testing and the fear of sudden lockdowns.

Now, cities are turning the huge centers into affordable housing units for young workers in an attempt to revive the country's economy post-COVID...

Just over a year ago, these apartments were used very differently: for medical triage and quarantine facilities. Beijing alone built 23 of these makeshift facilities, designed to hold up to 23,000 people at a time.

"It was not very cold yet but they told me to pack my belongings," remembers Hudson Li, a Beijing resident who was quarantined in one of these facilities, called fangcang in Chinese, in October 2022...

Less than two months after Li was quarantined, Beijing lifted most of its COVID restrictions. Li says he still associates the fangcang with a feeling of helplessness and fear: "It has been over a year already, but I definitely have PTSD from the pandemic, from the fear of scarcity and having to stock up on a lot of medicine and food."

Attracting young tenants with low rents

Now the fangcang across the country are undergoing a minor transformation and turned into apartment units for young graduates like Li. The changes are an effort from local authorities, who have been tasked with restarting economic growth and supporting small businesses after nearly three years of ruinous lockdowns.

Populous cities like Beijing are also trying to bridge the housing affordability gap between high real estate prices and low salaries, on average, for young workers. In the northeast corner of the capital city, near its airport, one fangcang with more than 4,900 units has been rebranded the "Jinzhan Colorful Community" — a reference to the bright hues of paint — and now offers amenities like a canteen where residents can grab a cheap meal before or after work.

Another fangcang facility, in the northeastern city of Jinan, has been turned into 650 units for skilled workers inside an industrial park.

"Given that the current overall [COVID] epidemic situation in the country has entered a low level, revitalizing the fangcang for other housing purposes is worth learning and thinking about all over the country," Yan Yuejin, a housing analyst, told Chinese media.

The fangcang, once a symbol of containment, are now supposed to represent dynamism and growth.

"I have complex feelings about this. The facilities were built using public funds and not rented out transparently," Li says. "But I do have to say you will not get anything more affordable than these apartments. They are very price competitive."

A list of rental prices for a Beijing fangcang converted into apartments shows most rooms are Rmb1200 (USD $170) a month, low for Beijing."

-via NPR, December 9, 2023

[covid-safer-hotties]

Also preserved on our archive

Just a quick question for the deniers out there: If the pandemic is over, why are the same strains spreading globally within weeks of one another?

By Wang Xiaoyu

The dominant COVID-19 variants in China have not shown significant changes in their pathogenicity, but novel strains are becoming increasingly immune-evasive, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

Globally, three subvariants of the JN.1 strain — KP.3.1.1, KP.3 and LB.1 — are the most prevalent. In China, major strains in circulation belong to families of XDV and JN.1, and the proportion of JN.1 infections is on the rise.

"We have not observed obvious changes in the pathogenicity of offshoots of XDV and JN.1," the China CDC said. "The majority of domestic infections with XDV and JN.1 are asymptomatic or only exhibit mild symptoms."

The China CDC added that emerging strains are evolving to become more capable of evading exiting immunity and the KP.3 strain is likely to become the dominant strain in the future.

"The prevalence of KP.3 in China is low, but its proportion is rising gradually, and the strain will likely circulate simultaneously with or compete with other major strains such as KP.2 and LB.1 in the future," it said.

[shinjihi]

「深入りするな。消されるぞ」と忠告され…アメリカ亡命中の研究者が決死の告発「新型コロナは『中国軍の生物兵器』として開発された」 かつては根拠薄弱な陰謀論とも言われていた「研究所流出説」。しかし、ここに来て米エネルギー省やFBIが、ウイルスは中国の研究所から流出した可能性が高いと指摘。重要人物がついに口を開いた。 隠蔽に躍起になる中国政府 世界で約7億人が感染し、約700万人が死亡したパンデミックはなぜ起きたのか―その秘密の扉がいま���静かに開かれようとしている。 　「新型コロナウイルスは中国軍の生物兵器として開発され、意図的に武漢にあるウイルスの研究施設から漏洩されたものです。世界はその起源を知るスタートラインに立っています」 　誰よりも早く「武漢起源説」を��えて中国を追われ、現在、アメリカに亡命中の閻麗夢博士は、本誌の取材に対してこう断言する。 　いま、アメリカで新型コロナの発生起源に大きな関心が集まっている。今年2月に米エネルギー省が、「武漢のウイルス研究所から流出した可能性が高い」とする報告書をまとめたことをはじめ、米連邦捜査局(FBI)のクリストファー・レイ長官も、2月28日放映のFOXニュースで「研究所の事故である可能性がもっとも高い」と述べるなど、次々と「研究所起源説」を支持する声が上がっているのだ。 　その源流を作ったのが、イェン博士である。この4年間、決死の覚悟で「武漢研究所流出説」を訴え続けてきた博士は、世界保健機関(WHO)認定のウイルス研究の権威である香港大学公衆衛生学院の研究員だった。'19年12月、武漢で広がり始めた原因不明の感染症の調査を命じられた彼女は、感染拡大の隠蔽に躍起になる中国政府の姿を目の当たりにする。 　「調査を始めた時、すでに武漢はパニックでした。調査を命じられた翌日、最前線で奮戦していた李文亮医師(後に感染して死亡)は、原因不明の肺炎が広がっているとSNSで警鐘を鳴らしたところ、中国政府に処分されました」 「深入りするな。消されるぞ」 イェン博士は、その後、香港大学の研究所の上司から「武漢の人々がラクーンドッグ(タヌキ)を食べるという情報を集めてほしい」という不可解な指示を受ける。 　「同じコロナウイルスで肺炎を引き起こすSARSが'02～'03年に流行した時、まずハクビシンが宿主となって人間に感染したことを突き止めたのは香港大学でした。中国政府は新型コロナでも、中間宿主を動物とするストーリーを描き、それを権威ある香港大学に公表させたかったのでしょう」 　しかし、いくら調べても武漢の市場にタヌキは売られておらず、武漢の住民がタヌキを食べるという情報もなかった。 　一刻も早く感染拡大の危機を世界に公表しなければならないはずだが、政府や香港大学にその様子は見られない。'20年1月19日、イェン博士はやむなく、アメリカの中国語メディア『路徳社』で武漢の惨状を公表��る。 　「香港大学の上司から『深入りするな。消されるぞ』と警告されました。背後に中国当局の意向があることは明白でした。私は身の危険を感じ、4月28日にアメリカへ亡命しました」 　亡命を果たしたイェン博士は、新型コロナの特徴と中国のプロパガンダ戦を告発する3つの論文、いわゆる「イェン・レポート」を、研究データのオンラインプラットフォーム「Zondo」に発表。'20年9月に公表された第1弾では、新型コロナが人為的に作製されたことを告発している。 　「自然発生説によれば、新型コロナウイルスはセンザンコウやハクビシンなどの中間宿主内で変異し、人間への感染確率を高めるとされています。しかし、新型コロナウイルスには人間の細胞と結合しやすいスパイクタンパク質が含まれており、これは自然発生説の中間宿主に関する理論や実験結果と一致しません。そして、これらの部位には、人為的な改変の痕跡がはっきりとあります」 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/09597c4d0121190fb0934cca43bca947770dca43

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/09597c4d0121190fb0934cca43bca947770dca43

[willowreader]

Oh Really! People tell me it's just a cold.

[politicalfeed]

Russia and China slam the United States for blocking a Gaza ceasefire proposal at the United Nations.

[mysharona1987]

Bats eyeing their redemption arc.

[actuallyjustabiscuit]

Oh and nice pfp and banner btw

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BISKY SHE IS LITERALLY GIVING YOU THOSE PLEADING EYES RIGHT AT YOU , ANSWER HER RIGHT NOW !!!!!!!

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POV : they found out about your injury

Ye come eat your delayed supper or something djdhdbdb

MOOOOONIEEEEE!!!!

MA HEART!!! MA HEART MOONIE!!!

HOW DARE YOU! I’M A WEAK BITCH!

I’M SINKING INTO MY CHAIR RIGHT NOW FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE!

OH NEPTUNE

Just

Ok. Yes. She looks very

Dear GOD Moonie

Im never posting my injuries here again. I don’t think ill survive next time!

[rednblacksalamander]

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/