Changes

From January 12 to 16, an estimate of over 3 million passengers left Wuhan by train over the Chinese New Year holiday, to visit family and friends in other cities in China.  On January 17, 2020 Wuhan’s tourism bureau issued over 200,000 free tourism tickets. It was an effort to entice people to visit the city, so they could experience the “Chinese style and warm sentiments of Wuhan.”  On January 18, Baibuting, a populous district in Wuhan, held an annual banquet to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday.  Three days before, staff from the neighborhood committee who were concerned about the outbreak asked if they could cancel the banquet, but communist officials denied the request.  Over 40,000 families attended the banquet.  Local communist apparatchiks ordered labs to stop testing for the virus and destroy the existing samples.  

From January 12 to 16, an estimate of over 3 million passengers left Wuhan by train over the Chinese New Year holiday, to visit family and friends in other cities in China.  On January 17, 2020 Wuhan’s tourism bureau issued over 200,000 free tourism tickets. It was an effort to entice people to visit the city, so they could experience the “Chinese style and warm sentiments of Wuhan.”  On January 18, Baibuting, a populous district in Wuhan, held an annual banquet to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday.  Three days before, staff from the neighborhood committee who were concerned about the outbreak asked if they could cancel the banquet, but communist officials denied the request.  Over 40,000 families attended the banquet.  Local communist apparatchiks ordered labs to stop testing for the virus and destroy the existing samples.  

    

    

On January 20 [[President Xi]] finally acknowledged the crisis.<ref>https://thecritic.co.uk/the-coronavirus-cover-up/</ref>  On January 23 the entire city of Wuhan, 11 million people, was put on lockdown. By the end of the month 50 million Chinese were on lockdown.

On January 20 [[President Xi]] finally acknowledged the crisis.<ref>https://thecritic.co.uk/the-coronavirus-cover-up/</ref>  On January 23 the entire city of Wuhan, 11 million people, was put on lockdown. By the end of the month 50 million Chinese were on lockdown. On  January 28, the Supreme Court of the Communist Party of China issued a statement that Dr. Li and the other "rumor makers" had been "rectified".

 

On  January 28, the Supreme Court of the Communist Party of China issued a statement that Dr. Li and the other "rumor makers" had been "rectified".

On the evening of February 6, Dr. Li died.  The news quickly aroused strong attention and condemnation.  However, Wuhan Central Hospital later issued a microblog saying that Li Wenliang was in critical condition and doctors working to save his life.  A number of insiders and doctors disclosed on social media that in the process, the authorities faced public indignation and ordered a series of attempts at resuscitation in order to suppress the public's indignation.  A few hours later, the news of Li Wenliang's death was again released and detonated to the WeChat and Weibo.  By 6 a.m. local time on Friday, the keywords " Dr. Li Wenliang's death " and "Li Wenliang's death" ranked high on the Weibo topic list, with a total of 670 million views and 737,000 discussions.<ref>https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/02/07/a102771379.html</ref>

On the evening of February 6, Dr. Li died.  The news quickly aroused strong attention and condemnation.  However, Wuhan Central Hospital later issued a microblog saying that Li Wenliang was in critical condition and doctors working to save his life.  A number of insiders and doctors disclosed on social media that in the process, the authorities faced public indignation and ordered a series of attempts at resuscitation in order to suppress the public's indignation.  A few hours later, the news of Li Wenliang's death was again released and detonated to the WeChat and Weibo.  By 6 a.m. local time on Friday, the keywords " Dr. Li Wenliang's death " and "Li Wenliang's death" ranked high on the Weibo topic list, with a total of 670 million views and 737,000 discussions.<ref>https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/02/07/a102771379.html</ref>