[Epoch Times, March 08, 2022](Epoch Times reporter Liang Yao interviewed and reported) The epidemic situation in mainland China continues to heat up. Xi Jinping proposed for the first time on Saturday (5th) to “keep the bottom line of preventing a large-scale rebound of the epidemic.” Experts have analyzed that the clearing effect of the authorities is limited, and the transition from mandatory clearing to “dynamic” clearing is mainly due to economic and social pressure, and the “Chinese-style” epidemic prevention roadmap will only be a new set of restrictions and policies.
“Forced clearing” failed to work
At present, the local epidemic situation in mainland China continues to heat up, and the number of newly diagnosed cases in a single day in the past two days has reached a new high in about two years. According to a report from the National Health Commission of the Mainland on the 7th, 327 new confirmed cases were confirmed, including 214 local cases, 113 imported cases, and 312 local asymptomatic infections.
Among them, Guangdong, Jilin and Shandong have the most confirmed cases. The four areas in Shanghai are listed as medium-risk areas and require closed management. More than 10 million residents of Wuhan had to undergo three nucleic acid tests starting last Friday. After Hong Kong, the new crown epidemic spread in Guangdong, Shandong, Jilin and other places.
Obviously, the “forced zeroing” policy adopted by the CCP at all costs has not worked. The CCP’s epidemic data has also been questioned.
The forced reset policy has caused economic damage and frequent social problems
Xi Jinping attended the delegation of the National People’s Congress of Inner Mongolia on the 5th, and when reviewing the government work report, he said that it is necessary to coordinate “do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development”, implement various measures for normalized epidemic prevention and control, and improve normalized prevention and control and emergencies. The emergency response mechanism for the epidemic should highlight the focus of epidemic prevention and control in port areas, and “keep the bottom line of preventing a large-scale rebound of the epidemic.”
The CCP’s anti-epidemic policy has always been at all costs, such as blocking large and medium cities at every turn, which has caused a heavy burden on the Chinese and global economy. Experts believe that the harm caused by the “zero policy” to China’s economy and society is the direct reason why the CCP was forced to change its epidemic prevention policy.
On January 3 this year, the U.S.-based political risk consulting firm Eurasia Group even placed China’s “zero policy” at the top of its list of political risks in 2022. “More economic damage, wider state intervention, and more disaffected masses are likely to follow,” the report said.
Antonio Graceffo, an economics professor and China analyst, told The Epoch Times that the CCP’s behavior is unpredictable, and it has only recently begun to see the CCP add the word “dynamic” before “clearing.” The “Zero” policy is clearly destroying the economy and making people suffer. A sensible option is to end the “zero policy” now.
Taiwan’s general economist Wu Jialong said that the damage caused by the CCP’s zero-clearing policy to the economy is very direct and obvious. For example, production cannot be normal, orders cannot be received, and employment problems occur. Now we rely on the transfer of other people’s production activities, which is called the transfer order effect. This is short-term, so it will be a big problem in the future.
He believes that the zero-clearing policy affects the supply chain, making factories unable to operate and transport normally, and many service industries unable to operate normally. “The clearing policy is actually interfering.”
Not only is the economic impact, but under the extreme epidemic prevention policy, people’s clothing, food, housing and transportation are restricted, employment, medical treatment difficulties, and even depression and suicide, pregnant women miscarriage, the elderly starve to death and other chaos.
Gresford believes that, like almost all other problems in China, the (CCP’s) Central Committee is the initiator and the culprit. Officials at all levels are adding weight, if the CCP Central Committee says “we will punish you for the new crown cases” and then says “let people quarantine for 5 days”, provincial officials will tell the localities to quarantine for 6 days, and then the localities will enforce the 7-day quarantine . Because officials at all levels do not want to be punished for having a high number of local infections.
“The government has not punished local governments that have initiated injunctions and overly restrictive policies,” he said.
He believes that this is just an example of the (CCP) central government trying to control local governments and get officials at every level to act in unison. This crazy policy of the CCP, from the famine to the steelmaking, and the enthusiasm for (the CCP) policy from top to bottom, has caused the people to suffer tremendously.
“Chinese style” coexists with the virus in chaos: Strict control and relaxation at the same time
At present, the epidemic situation in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia is in a period of high incidence. The local government’s epidemic prevention and control situation is different from the past: while strictly preventing and controlling, it relaxes and opens up. Some analysts believe that this is trying to coexist with the virus in what CCP experts called the “Chinese style”.
Zeng Guang, a member of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission of the Communist Party of China, posted a long article on Weibo on February 28, comparing the coexistence of Western countries with the virus and the CCP’s “dynamic clearing” under the CCP virus (Wuhan virus, new coronavirus) epidemic Two countermeasures.
Zeng Guang said that the CCP’s “dynamic clearing” is an anti-epidemic countermeasure in a specific period and will not remain unchanged forever. In the near future, the roadmap for “Chinese-style” coexistence with the virus will definitely be presented at the right time.
According to the Beijing Daily, Hohhot will enter an early warning period from February 15, 2022, with a warning level of level III, and the warning period will last from the date of the warning notice to the end of 2022. Hohhot advocates citizens not to leave the city unless necessary. If they really need to leave, they must hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours. If the destination is Beijing, it is also necessary to check the “Beijing Health Treasure”.
According to an interview with The Epoch Times, Mr. Feng of Inner Mongolia Normal University said that this year’s epidemic prevention and control had a strange phenomenon, which was contrary to the government’s announcement. In the area where the positive case was detected, some areas were closed, and the control was very strict, but some areas were not closed. For example, the mall is still open, most people are at work, and there is a lot of mobility in the area.
Chao Jie, an independent Japanese political commentator, told The Epoch Times that CCP officials already know that the epidemic cannot be “cleared”. Under the influence of countries coexisting with the virus one after another, it is possible that the authorities’ “clearing” policy has loosened up. This kind of “contradictory” control: one area is liberalized, and another area is strictly controlled.
According to Gresford, Beijing’s position has always been that they will not do what the West does, what other countries do, or what is supported by science, but invent their own way, because the[CCP]Central Committee says this— “Chinese”. “China’s Roadmap for Epidemic Prevention” will simply be a new set of restrictions and policies, likely very different from the rest of the world.
Responsible editor: Sun Yun#