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===State media reaction===

===State media reaction===

[[File:Projected cases.png|right|350px|thumb|Projected cases and fatalities January 27, 2020, four days after the outbreak became known; within four more days reported fatalities and infections more than doubled.]]

[[File:Projected cases.png|right|350px|thumb|Projected cases and fatalities January 27, 2020, four days after the outbreak became known; within four more days reported fatalities and infections more than doubled.]]

On February 5, 2020 State media broadcast an interview with lead scientist Wang Chen.  Chen noted:

On February 5, 2020 State media broadcast an interview with lead scientist Wang Chen.  Chen claimed:

1. The situation is grave.  A new diagnostic class "clinically diagnosed" (those showing clinical symptoms but without [[RNA]] test) is added to facilitate access to treatment.

1. The situation is grave.  A new diagnostic class "clinically diagnosed" (those showing clinical symptoms but without [[RNA]] test) is added to facilitate access to treatment.

6. They can't estimate when the turning point will be.

6. They can't estimate when the turning point will be.

Chinese state run media blamed the United States for the outbreak.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I</ref>  On March 12, 2020 the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman initiated a [[conspiracy theory]] that the US military started the coronavirus in China,.<ref> https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1238150527751319575</ref><ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref>  Leftist media in the United States aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus to Wuhan racist, where it first manifested, [[racist]].<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/13/dems-media-warned-new-narrative-aids-chinas-new-conspiracy-us-military-started-covid-19-896694</ref>

Chinese state-run media falsely blamed the United States for the outbreak.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I</ref>  On March 12, 2020 the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman initiated a [[conspiracy theory]] that the US military started the coronavirus in China,.<ref> https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1238150527751319575</ref><ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref>  Leftist media in the United States willingly aided Chinese propaganda efforts by falsely calling those who link the virus to Wuhan, where it first manifested, "[[racist]]".<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/03/13/dems-media-warned-new-narrative-aids-chinas-new-conspiracy-us-military-started-covid-19-896694</ref>

====Under-reporting true scale of infections====

====Under-reporting true scale of infections====

The first week 213 deaths were reported worldwide with over 9,800 confirmed infections.  The leftist Chinese regime was suspected of suppressing the real extent of the epidemic.  By the end of the second week 813 were reported dead with more than 37,300 confirmed infected.  193,000 were under observation.  400 million people were on lockdown nationwide.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/more-400-million-people-lockdown-guangzhou-joins-quarantine</ref>

The first week 213 deaths were reported worldwide with over 9,800 confirmed infections.  The leftist Chinese regime was suspected of suppressing the real extent of the epidemic.  By the end of the second week 813 were reported dead with more than 37,300 confirmed infected.  193,000 were under observation.  400 million people were on lockdown nationwide.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/more-400-million-people-lockdown-guangzhou-joins-quarantine</ref>

Near the end of the third week 1,666 were reported dead with 69,000 plus infected.  There was near universal skepticism - inside and outside China - on the Chinese socialist government's reporting on the epidemic,

Near the end of the third week 1,666 were reported dead with 69,000 plus infected.  There was near universal skepticism - inside and outside China - on the Chinese socialist government's reporting on the epidemic.

2363 deaths were reported with 78,000 infections near the end of the fourth week. CCP officials admitted to changing their methodology of reported infections, lowering the rate of reported numbers.  [[South Korea]] was reporting a complete doubling every day for the past four days. [[Iran]] was experiencing an serious outbreak.  Reported numbers in the United States were puzzling.

2363 deaths were reported with 78,000 infections near the end of the fourth week. CCP officials admitted to changing their methodology of reported infections, lowering the rate of reported numbers.  [[South Korea]] was reporting a complete doubling every day for the past four days. [[Iran]] was experiencing a serious outbreak.  Reported numbers in the United States were puzzling.

The sixth week - after the virus spread globally and the first death was reported in the United States, NTD reported that the communists ordered all data on the coronavirus to be destroyed in a province close to Beijing.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRagZsnEc2Q</ref>

The sixth week - after the virus spread globally and the first death was reported in the United States, NTD reported that the Communists ordered all data on the coronavirus to be destroyed in a province close to Beijing, in a deceitful attempt to suppress the true extent of the virus' spread in China.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRagZsnEc2Q</ref>

====Censorship====

====Censorship====

CCP authorities cracked down hard on people trying to break through the veil of government secrecy, as they call it "rumormongering", according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.  All persons who spread "fake news" (i.e. the truth about the real extent of the epidemic, its spread and its consequences), and thus disturbs social order, will face up to three years in prison detention or disciplinary action under China's social credit system.  Offenders who cause serious consequences will be given three to seven year prison terms.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLROgqAjDhQ</ref>  

CCP authorities cracked down hard on people trying to break through the veil of government secrecy, as [[discrediting attack|they call it "rumormongering"]], according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.  All persons who spread "fake news" (i.e. the truth about the real extent of the epidemic, its spread and its consequences), and thus disturbs social order, will face up to three years in prison detention or disciplinary action under China's social credit system.  Offenders who cause serious consequences will be given three to seven year prison terms.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLROgqAjDhQ</ref>  

Despite the threat of prison, many people still went online to blame the government, both high and low ranking officials.  Some residents of Wuhan posted videos calling for international help.  Viral videos showed dead bodies on the floor in hospitals as patients sat near by.  Videos of massively crowded hospitals were posted causing local authorities to build a giant new containment facility in a week.  However, video footage of the project came from Chinese state media.  It was released it to [[the West|Western]] [[media]] as a [[propaganda]] effort to demonstrate how great the [[authoritarian]] approach to problem solving is.  The structures are not really hospitals at all.  The structures are large quarantine camps where people are monitored and receive no treatment at all.<ref>https://twitter.com/owishemwe/status/1225758761370910720</ref><ref>[[BuzzFeed]] reported that video of one such "hospital" was actually an apartment building being constructed on the other side of the country.<br>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/china-state-media-false-coronavirus-hospital-image</ref>

Despite the threat of prison, many people still went online to blame the government, both high and low ranking officials.  Some residents of Wuhan posted videos calling for international help.  Viral videos showed dead bodies on the floor in hospitals as patients sat near by.  Videos of massively crowded hospitals were posted causing local authorities to build a giant new containment facility in a week.  However, video footage of the project came from Chinese state media.  It was released it to [[the West|Western]] [[media]] as a [[propaganda]] effort to demonstrate how "great" the [[authoritarian]] approach to problem solving is.  The structures are not really hospitals at all.  The structures are large quarantine camps where people are monitored and receive no treatment at all.<ref>https://twitter.com/owishemwe/status/1225758761370910720</ref><ref>[[BuzzFeed]] reported that video of one such "hospital" was actually an apartment building being constructed on the other side of the country.<br>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/china-state-media-false-coronavirus-hospital-image</ref>

The Chinese people became more creative in skirting leftist censorship laws. Guizhou television broadcast a child reading a poem entitled, ''"China has a cold because of a virus that wears a crown,''" a veiled reference to [[President Xi]] and the Communist party.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajONB3eMQP4</ref>

The Chinese people became more creative in skirting leftist censorship laws. Guizhou television broadcast a child reading a poem entitled, ''"China has a cold because of a virus that wears a crown,''" a veiled reference to [[President Xi]] and the Communist party.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajONB3eMQP4</ref>

The leftist social media platform [[Twitter]] suspended [[Zerohedge]] for its extensive reporting on the Coronavirus outbreak.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/zerohedge-suspended-twitter</ref>

The leftist social media platform [[Twitter]] suspended [[Zerohedge]] for its extensive reporting on the Coronavirus outbreak.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/zerohedge-suspended-twitter</ref>

On March 1, 2020 the socialist regime imposed a new [[internet]] censorship policy on the heavily policed Weibo.  The hashtag #takedownthewall began trending. Some comments were preserved in screenshots:

On March 1, 2020 the Communist regime imposed a new [[internet]] censorship policy on the heavily policed Weibo.  The hashtag #takedownthewall began trending. Some comments were preserved in screenshots:

*"I know it's useless, but I want to speak up anyway."

*"I know it's useless, but I want to speak up anyway."

*"I'd rather die than not be free."

*"I'd rather die than not be free."