Background: Many Chinese people, especially employees in small businesses and self-employees, have had no income amid the coronavirus crisis. In this video, a group of people kneel down in front of a local government building to plead for help.

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Woman in the background:
Come take a look. You will see how Chinese people are suffering, as a result of the (corrupt) Chinese officials. They don’t even have food to eat.

Woman: We are demanding justice.

Woman in the background:
The Chinese officials are bullying Chinese people to such an extent. They don’t even have food to eat and cannot survive.

Woman in the group: We need to eat!

Woman in the background: Everyone, come check this out. Those officials are bullying Chinese people to such an extent.

Group: We need to eat! We need to survive!
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Many Chinese netizens expressed their disapproval when they saw people kneeling down in this video.
One of them said, “It’s wise to act together, but such behavior is not effective. We should choose a better location to protest. If they cannot help us, we must force them to step down.”

Background:

In a public speech on March 5, Wuhan’s Party chief Wang said that the Wuhan city government would implement “appreciation education” for the city’s officials and residents. The goal of this campaign is to teach the people of Wuhan to “show gratitude to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Party leader Xi Jinping, to follow Party orders and policies, and therefore stimulate powerful positive energy when fighting the COVID-19 outbreak.”

A female resident interviewed several people in the street to see what they thought about Wang’s “appreciation” statement.
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#1
Woman: They want to educate people to show gratitude to the government amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Are you grateful?

Man: What’s to be grateful for? What for? They don’t take care of us in any way in our community. There are senior-only families, and other people who need help, but none of us have received any help.

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Woman: They want us to be grateful for the government and our nation. Are you grateful?

Man: Grateful for what?

Woman: For the government and our nation.

Man: Grateful for the nation?

Woman: Yes, and for the government, including Wuhan city government.

Man: Oh. So you are asking me if I am grateful. I don’t need to feel grateful, because it is the responsibility of the government. Why should we feel grateful when it is their obligation? They are responsible for the coronavirus control. Their salaries are the people’s money. Right?

Woman: You are right.

#3
Woman: May I ask you a question? The Wuhan municipal government demands that Wuhan citizens should learn to show gratitude to the government and to our nation. Do you think you should feel grateful?

Man: Total bullshit. Why should I feel grateful for it? It brought disasters to me. The food is getting so expensive!
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During the SARS epidemic in 2003, the CCP never made any apology for its lies and cover-up at the early stage of the outbreak. Instead, when the outbreak could not be concealed any more, the CCP portrayed itself as the “SARS hero” who led the whole country in combating the epidemic. The regime is trying to use the same tactic again in its propaganda campaign, but apparently it is not working this time. Wang’s speech drew intense criticism from Chinese netizens and was withdrawn from the Internet within a day.
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