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=====Censorship=====

=====Censorship=====

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>  

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>  

[[File:Hong Kong protests.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Grafetti from the late November, 2019 Hong Kong democracy protests reads: "Dear world, CCP will infiltrate your government, Chinese enterprises $ interfere your political stance, China will harvest your home like [[Xinjiang]]. BEWARE OR BE NEXT!"<ref>https://twitter.com/HKstreetart/status/1196483549492391937/photo/1</ref>]]

[[File:Hong Kong protests.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Grafetti from the late November, 2019 Hong Kong democracy protests reads: "Dear world, CCP will infiltrate your government, Chinese enterprises $ interfere your political stance, China will harvest your home like [[Xinjiang]]. BEWARE OR BE NEXT!"<ref>https://twitter.com/HKstreetart/status/1196483549492391937/photo/1</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>