{"id":52324,"date":"2023-01-07T15:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/china-acts-against-covid-policy-critics-suspends-social-media-accounts-52324"},"modified":"2023-01-07T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T20:08:22","slug":"china-acts-against-covid-policy-critics-suspends-social-media-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/china-acts-against-covid-policy-critics-suspends-social-media-accounts-52324","title":{"rendered":"China acts against COVID policy critics, suspends social media accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>China has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended or closed the social media accounts<\/a> of more than 1,000 critics of its policies on the COVID-19 outbreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Sina Weibo social media platform said it had addressed 12,854 violations, permanent bans on 1,120 accounts and attacks on experts, scholars and medical workers.<\/p>\n<p>The company said Thursday it &#8220;will continue to increase the investigation and cleanup of all kinds of illegal content and create a harmonious and friendly community environment for the majority of users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Communist Party imposes strict limits on free speech, with previous methods prompting widespread protests in major cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/covid-ravages-china-us-expands-testing-system-incoming-travelers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AS COVID RAVAGES CHINA, US EXPANDS TESTING SYSTEM FOR INCOMING TRAVELERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the Chinese Communist Party has relied on its health care professionals to justify stringent mitigation efforts, the country has quickly moved to roll back restrictions, leading to a new surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China will no longer bring criminal charges against people who have been accused of violating border quarantine regulations, and those in custody will be released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The official China Daily newspaper website said the adjustments were made after &#8220;comprehensively considering the harm of the behaviors to the society and aim to adapt to the new situations of the epidemic prevention and control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, even as authorities say Lunar New Year travel is expected to double over the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/disasters\/transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China&#8217;s Transportation Ministry<\/a> called for reduced trips and gathering, particularly if they involve those who are especially at risk of severe illness.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Minister Xu Chengguang told reporters people using public transportation are also urged to wear masks and closely monitor their health.<\/p>\n<p>China is continuing with a plan to end mandatory quarantines for those arriving from abroad, starting Sunday, in addition to dropping a requirement for students at city schools to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/infectious-disease\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have a negative COVID-19 test<\/a> to enter campus when classes resume Feb. 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/china-covid-crisis-beijing-hospital-beds-families-burn-bodies-streets-deaths-spike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHINA COVID CRISIS: BEIJING HOSPITAL RUNS OUT OF BEDS, FAMILIES BURN BODIES IN STREETS AS DEATHS SPIKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The city education bureau<\/a> said in a statement Friday that while schools can move classes online if there are new outbreaks, they must return to in-person instruction as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese health authorities publish a daily count of new cases, severe cases and deaths. Those numbers include only officially-confirmed cases and use a narrow definition of COVID-related deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Since the government ended compulsory testing, letting people with mild symptoms test themselves and convalesce at home, authorities say the government can no longer provide a full accounting of the state of the latest infections.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the National Health Commission reported 10,681 new domestic cases, and three new deaths were reported over the previous 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are reportedly smaller than estimates being released by some local governments. The eastern Zhejiang province announced Tuesday it was seeing about 1 million new cases a day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Health Commission<\/a> on Saturday rolled out rules for strengthened monitoring of viral mutations, including testing of urban wastewater. It called for increased data gathering from hospitals and local government health departments and stepped-up checks on &#8220;pneumonia of unknown causes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If a variant emerges in an outbreak, it is found through genetic sequencing of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has expressed concern about the lack of data from China, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China has pushed back on testing requirements<\/a> instituted by foreign governments, saying they aren&#8217;t science-based.<\/p>\n<p>Its spokespeople have said the situation is under control and reject accusations of a lack of preparation for reopening.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is requiring a negative test result for travelers from China within 48 hours of departure.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/china-covid-policy-critics-suspends-social-media-accounts\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/china-covid-policy-critics-suspends-social-media-accounts <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has reportedly suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of its policies on the COVID-19 outbreak.\u00a0 The Sina Weibo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-52324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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