In a wholesale fruit market in Liaoyuan City, Jilin Province, sales are sluggish as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Vendors have to rent a forklift to dump unsold fruits, while residents under lockdown have no access to meat, eggs, or fruits.

Woman in the background:
Look, this is the situation in Liaoyuan City’s wholesale fruit market. Large quantities of fruits have to be dumped. These are all pears that cannot be sold. Vendors rented a forklift to load them on a truck to dump them. Find out what the coronavirus epidemic has brought to us. We cannot sell these fruits and have to use a forklift to take them away. These pears are dumped bucket after bucket. It really breaks my heart.
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Video #2:
Location: Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China

Background: Chinese authorities ordered grocery stores in Wuhan to sell pork at 10 Yuan ($1.44) per pound. However, when community staff went to local stores to purchase the affordable meat for residents in their communities, they were disappointed.

Woman in the background:
We are here at the Baisheng Warehouse Store. Let me show you how long the line is. We arrived around 10 a.m. today. All people who are in line here are community staff. As for the so-called “10-yuan per pound meat” under the new state policy, the staff at the store have told us that, only the first 20 people will be able to get it. So, everyone, I am sorry, I won’t be able to get this meat for you guys.

In a residential community in Wuhan, each building has been under lockdown for more than 20 days. Residents in these high-rise buildings can only go downstairs to pick up deliveries of food and other necessities. A woman in this community lamented that there were two more confirmed cases of infection despite the strict lockdown measures.
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Woman: It’s 12 noon on March 14. There are not many cars on the street. The most annoying news I just heard is although every building in our community has been under lockdown for over 20 days, there are still new infections. I literally had a headache upon hearing the news, and I did not sleep well last night. What shall we do? The whole city of Wuhan reported four new infections today, two of them are from our community. In addition, there are six more suspected coronavirus patients in our community. Tell me, what’s to be done? With the current restrictions, it’s already very difficult for us to go downstairs. I don’t know how much longer we have to stay indoors. We have stayed at home for two months. I guess our community will be the last one in Wuhan to…
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This woman doesn’t have access to information about other communities. When she heard there were two new infections among her neighbors, and Wuhan authorities reported four new cases that day, she thought her neighborhood is experiencing the worst situation in the whole city.

A few days after Wuhan authorities announced the closure of all makeshift hospitals, a woman learned from a friend that authorities have secretly started the construction of a new makeshift hospital. She then relayed this message to a friend of hers on WeChat.
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Woman: I won’t type this message on WeChat. I will use the audio chat function (to avoid censorship on text messages). They claimed that all makeshift hospitals in Wuhan have been closed, right? However, they are now building a makeshift hospital big enough to house 4,000 patients outside the Fourth Ring Road.

No one can escape from this hospital, as its security level is among the highest, with both barbed wire and an electric fence. Basically, patients cannot escape at all if they ever attempt to.

He showed me photos and it must be true. Why would he lie to me? He was involved in the construction of Leishenshan Hospital and Huoshenshan Hospital in the past.

He also told me that this virus is horrendous. If you can make it through the first three days of infection, you will survive. If you cannot make it through in those three days, basically you will have to wait to die.

Several of my friends estimate that this outbreak may come to an end at the end of April or mid-May.

This is part 1 – Routine Malarky and Lying Tactics – of the interview.
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Mr. Liu: Life was good until some incompetent people brought such a crisis upon our society. We have been shut at home for 45 days, and prices are high. I posted a few comments to the community in the chatroom. I was told that I should not have done that.

Reporter: In fact, it means that the people know what the Communist Party is all about.

Mr. Liu: But sometimes people dare not talk about it, and sometimes I would say something. For example, the community staff are saying how tired they are. The newspaper reports that veggies, ribs, etc are cheap. I told the community staff that you should buy more. They said it’s not available. That means someone has been lying. There are two cases when it’s not available. One is false propaganda in the newspaper, a whitewash, and the other is a bad job done by the community staff.

As a resident, I complained to the community hotline. I asked them to be clear to people about the supplies. I said it’s either the newspaper was wrong or the community did not do their job. Since the 22nd of last month, our living expenses have skyrocketed. Now we only eat two meals, three meals would cost more.

Reporter: Life is becoming very stressful, isn’t it?

Mr. Liu: They publicized cheap veggies and pork in newspapers, I only got it once since the 22nd. The rest is all highly priced. But the newspaper said the opposite. People in Qingshan (where Vice Premier Sun Chunlan visited in Wuhan) were shouting “fake, fake”? It’s the same lie everywhere, but we can’t do anything about their lies.

Reporter: Besides lying, they also demand a grateful attitude. How does this work?

Mr. Liu: Do we dare to be honest in China? If you talk too much and tell the truth, you’ll be taken away. You see many WeChat usernames, The Dawn, Dawning, and the like. With the real name registration, it’s very difficult.

Before the city was locked down, we could spend 3,000 yuan ($431.21) a month on living expenses. Now we need at least 4,500 yuan ($646.82). And yet, the supplies are not sufficient. We are locked at home and have no way to buy them.

A pass is money, it means a lot of money. You can sell it for a high price.

Reporter: Who can get this pass?

Mr. Liu: I don’t know. The community staff told us: “It would require multiple approvals, and we can’t do it.”
(I asked) Who can do it, then?
“It would be those who work for the government or people who help the community according to policies and regulations.”
(I asked) So can I help the community?
They said: “We already have people.”

When we see a problem, we should present the problem to the community. But those who are afraid to do that would ask why we’re doing it. What do you say about living in this weird life circle?

Now the community says it clearly: “None is available. We can’t help.”

(I said) You should tell us that your supplies are tight. You should not lie to us, or have us fight for food. Now the sources are scarce, and we are all fighting. Why do you have to make others fight? Open up the channels. In other regions, a lot of produce in the big market doesn’t sell. But we have nothing to eat here.

Many online videos show cheap vegetables in the big market. The wholesalers can’t get a deal for cucumber even at a price of two or three dollars ($0.28 or $0.43) for half a kilo. It’s 8 yuan ($1.15) here. Barely anything is supplied at a cheap price.

Cameraman whispered: Pass.

Woman: Is it good enough? We can do it one more time if needed.

Background:
In Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, the community manager is responsible for taking care of daily necessities for residents during the coronavirus lockdown. But they always sell food at inflated prices. Some residents purchased cheaper vegetables through their personal network, and arranged the food delivery. However, the community manager reported the residents and food-delivery volunteers to the police.

When police came to arrest them, residents were outraged and spontaneously organized a group protest.

Video 1:
Fight on! Fight on!

Video 2:
Police: Choose someone as your representative, and we will talk to him.
Women: No, we will not elect a representative.
Man: We want this issue resolved now and here!

Video 3:
Group: The community manager must step down! Release our people! Release them!

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) branch organizations were quickly set up at these hospitals. Some patients, led by medical staff, were sworn into the CCP under the Party’s red flag. They then sang communist songs together.

On March 10, the same day Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time since the outbreak began, the city’s authorities closed down all makeshift hospitals, saying that there were now fewer patients and such facilities were no longer needed.

However, residents told The Epoch Times that many are in fact still sick.

Staff held a ceremony outside one makeshift hospital, celebrating its closure.

In this video, a large group is seen rehearsing ahead of the ceremony, instructed by a director.
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Director: Okay. Very good! Now we add one action. The banners—we left the banners out.

Director: Right now, it’s a rehearsal. Everyone must do everything perfectly during the real performance. Okay, based on the idea I proposed, let’s do a final rehearsal, all right? The last one. Okay, I hereby pronounce, Wuhan’s makeshift hospitals are formally closed. Fight on, Wuhan!

The crowd: Fight on, Wuhan! Fight on, Hubei! Fight on, China! Wuhan, bound to win! Hubei, bound to win! China, bound to win!

Chinese police have developed a new software to monitor mobile phones. Recently, the police went door-to-door to check villagers’ mobile phones, collect their personal information, take their photo, and verify their ID card.
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Woman: Hello everyone, I am Dong Mei, a peasant. The junior police captain just came to my house. He asked me to go to the (local Communist Party) brigade with my ID card and mobile phone. Let’s go over to see what is happening. I am setting off on my scooter.

Policeman: There are one to two thousand people here. I’ll ask all of them to come here.
Woman: What are you doing with the phones? What’s it for?
Policeman: For collecting information.
Woman: Collecting information?
Police: Checking cell phones to see if the owner is a scammer or a victim of swindling or identity theft.
Woman: The whole of Changge city will be checked?
Policeman: Yes.
Woman: Village by village?
Policeman: Yes.
Woman: From today on?
Policeman: I have been doing this for a while. And I don’t see an end to this task yet.
Woman: Oh, it never stops.
Policeman: That’s the task.
Woman: I was wondering what this is for. I thought it’s like a (sales) promotion. So I wanted to check it out first.
Woman 2: Why worry when our brigade is promoting it? Everything the brigade does is routine practice.
Woman: It’s all normal procedure, right?
Policeman: You can save it (software), but don’t share it with others. Don’t share it with others after I make changes, okay? Don’t share it.
Woman: Why is that? That looks like WeChat, or is it something else?
Policeman: Not WeChat. It’s a new software developed by the police to check mobile phones.
Woman: So does everyone have to install it [in their phone]?
Policeman: Yes, everyone has to.
Woman: To prevent criminals [from stealing personal information]?
Policeman: Yes.
Woman: Take a picture of my ID card first.
Woman: I asked the staff just now. When you get there, they will take the ID card, take your photo, and then take your cell phone to test and collect information. Then they check the mobile phone to see if there is any evidence of theft. This is (the case) in our Changge city. The police department has been doing this all along.
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Mr. Wei, a resident in nearby Xuchang city, told The Epoch Times sister media NTD that the police is using surveillance software to tap phones to monitor the user’s activities and conversations. Xu said the police has recently become more aggressive with installing surveillance in order to control social media postings about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here I’m going to show you some viral videos filmed by brave netizens from inside China amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, who are exposing thug like behavior by police.

You’ll see the current conditions of Chinese citizens and how they’re surviving the Coronavirus outbreak. We’ll also take a look at the steps taken by local authorities and police in an effort to further contain the spread of Coronavirus.

Speaking of the local authorities–they have taken very extreme measures that not only borderline human rights violations, but far exceed it through abuse of power.

Many of you might wonder, “Why don’t the Chinese people protest against the government?” or “Why should I care?” I understand where you’re coming from, and please allow me to explain:

The reason they don’t protest is because people from all walks of life, in all schools and in every institution, are fed communist propaganda and are being lied to day-after-day, year-after-year.

In schools they’re taught that there’s no better way to live and even exist without the CCP. It is a specter that requires unquestionable allegiance to the Party–above family and above God.

What about Religion? In China the CCP is your religion–religious doctrines are changed in state run Churches, Temples, and Mosques where the CCP replaces God.

To choose between your family or the party? Simple. The party. CCP propaganda is instilled into the consciousness of every person living in China from the moment they take their first breath until the day they die.

There is no encouragement of unification, to claim back their inalienable rights. The history they learn in school omits historical facts–not just from Chinese history, but from World history too. It is instead revised, omitted, and re-written to fit the communist narrative.

And this is not a recent phenomenon, this has been taking place for many years. It’s been decade after decade, since Mao gained power, until the present day. It’s been many years and generations of brainwashing and disinformation.

To give you a more modern example, The CCP censors the media coming into China. It also censors many of the websites the Chinese people can access–including News outlets. It uses the media as a tool and mouthpiece of the party–basically, propaganda.

If you were living under these conditions, unable to speak out. Wouldn’t you like there to be someone speaking out for you? Be that voice! We need to be a voice for those living under oppression. Trying to survive, under communism.

It is important for us to understand how our brothers and sisters living on the other side of the world are coping under that communist regime. Because it is our business to look out for and learn from one another, to avoid repeating mistakes from history and know what steps are being taken to abolish our freedoms.

To understand these more more in-depth how this came about, I would like to recommend 3 reading materials for you–which will be linked below this video. These are: 1. The Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, 2. How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World, and 3. The Ultimate Goal of Communism

Thank you for joining me today in this Epoch Times Exclusive. Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, but most of all Share this program with friends and family to inform them about this. See you next time!

Background: Many taxi drivers have little or no income when residents stay at home to minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection. But they still have to pay monthly fees to their taxi company. Some try to make a living by selling vegetables. However, urban management officers show no pity for them, confiscating their produce.
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Man: I’m a taxi driver in Shandong Province. Today, I was selling chives and cabbages at the intersection of Ruiyang Road and Shangrao Road. The urban management officers forbid me to sell vegetables. I felt helpless and I knelt down to beg them. They called 120 to report me to the police, because I held a cabbage knife in my hand.

When the police came, they did not take me away. I am calling for our city government and central government to help me survive.

I don’t have any food money for the coming month. My credit card payment this month was 6,000 Yuan ($856). On March 9, I have to pay another 2,500 Yuan ($357). Today it’s already March 6, 2020.

To all taxi drivers in Qingdao City, my license number is Shandong UT5636. I even knelt down and kow-tow to the urban management officers. I want to make it known to all 12,000 taxi drivers in Qingdao. I will share this footage on taxi driver social media groups in Qingdao, and on the group for all taxi drivers in China. I beg Qingdao city government and Chinese leader Xi to give me a chance to make a living.

Hailin Road community staff called me about this matter. I asked them, “What shall I do next time the urban management officers come to arrest me?” They told me to run away from them. I already ran away this time, they still intercepted me in the end.

Taxi drivers all over China, keep following my situation and give me some support.
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Video #2:
Location: Henan Province

Background: An old man in Henan Province picked scallions from his farm field. He was about to take them home when urban management officers arrived. They forcibly took what they wanted and discarded the rest, saying that no one is allowed to sell vegetables during coronavirus control time. However, the old man simply wanted to take the scallions home. He was not selling at all.
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Video #3:
Background: A butcher was selling pork on the street. Urban management officers came and confiscated all his pork.

The man was very surprised to learn that someone in front of him was infected with the coronavirus even though he showed no symptoms. This means that asymptomatic carriers can still spread the virus to those around them.

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Man: March 10, 2020, 10:50 a.m. This is Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital. One’s body temperature is checked at the entrance.

Man: March, 10, 2020, 11 a.m., Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital. This is the ER that requires appointments. My mother’s foot has been swollen for almost a month. We had to come to the hospital. The doctor asked her to be hospitalized and she needs to be tested for the coronavirus. I also have to take the test. Someone in front of us tested positive but showed no symptoms. The doctor requested the patient to be transferred to the isolation ward for treatment. Look at these people in the queue. They could be asymptomatic patients. They were just diagnosed after a blood test. It means everyone in Wuhan must be tested because they could be potentially infected.

Man: March, 10, 2020, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital. The ER is full. New patients can’t be admitted. They just arrived with the ambulance.

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, the Communist regime has covered up the severity of the epidemic within its borders. Chinese state media have spread the propaganda that the virus outbreak in South Korea is worse than in China.

Many Chinese nationals in South Korea believe the propaganda and thus wish to return to China.

However, there are also some Chinese who are trying to find a way to stay in South Korea.

Staff at the immigration office of South Korea speak with Chinese nationals

Case 1:
Woman: If Chinese people’s tourist visa expires, is it okay not to leave?

Staff: Let me tell you. The epidemic is getting worse by the day. As long as you have a [temporary] ID card and keep your ID card—the South Korean government upholds humanitarian relief, so even if your [non-tourist] visa expires, they won’t force you to go back. Understand? If they do that, it is indirect killing. So you have to keep your ID card, because the situation is different now. If it is a communist government, it will force you to leave the country.

Man 1: You can consult the governmental website, and see when a visa expires, whether it’s okay to leave.

Staff: You can check the website of the disease prevention center.

Man 2: I won’t check it. I’ll just have the travel agent help me with it.

Staff: Be safe. Don’t wander around.

Man 1: One’s life is important. Who would mess with that?

Staff: Be safe. Don’t wander around. Try not to get caught. Be careful.

Man 2: Yes, Okay. Thanks.

Staff: Good bye.

Case 2:

Woman: If Chinese people’s tourist visa expires, is it okay not to leave?

Staff: No.

Woman: You have to leave?

Staff: Right. With a tourist visa, you won’t have an ID. You must leave if it expires, unless you are willing to be illegal.

Woman: It seems the North Koreans don’t have to go back?

Staff: That I don’t know. But I know that there is no need to go back for the time being for people who have an ID, an auto-renewed alien registration card. If you are on a tourist visa, you must go back when it expires.

Woman: You don’t have to leave with the one that’s good for three years, right?

Staff: You have to have an ID. Do you have one?

Woman: I do have one. I am asking for someone else.

Staff: I know. Does that person have an ID?

Woman: No. It’s a tourist visa.

Staff: Then he or she must leave if he or she doesn’t have an ID.

Woman: Must?

Staff: Right, or it’s illegal.

Woman: Would a marriage resolve it?

Staff: That’s a different issue. It depends.

Woman: He or she still must go back?

Staff: Once a tourist visa expires, you’ll become illegal. Think about it yourself. There’s no other way.

Woman: Thanks.

Staff: You are welcome. Be safe. Try not to walk around. It is very dangerous now.

Part I-
Background:
Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, visited the epicenter of COVID-19 in Wuhan on March 10, 2020. Before Xi’s arrival at a local community, a large number of policemen and government staff came to make preparations.

Several residents within “shouting distance” to Xi told their friends on WeChat that policemen came in to stay inside their apartments throughout the whole inspection, to prevent residents from shouting unfavorable slogans.

Part II-
Background:
On March 5, China’s Vice Premier Sun Chunlan went to Wuhan to inspect the local government’s work in taking care of residents during the coronavirus outbreak. When she toured a residential community, government staff shuffled grocery carts around, pretending to work hard to make sure residents have enough to eat, but suddenly a woman shouted from her window, “it’s all fake,” and many others joined her to shout “Fake, Fake!”

All these residents are placed under strict lockdown and not allowed to leave their buildings. They have to rely on community staff to purchase food.

The Shandong Health Commission announced on Feb. 20, 2020 that seven prison guards and 200 inmates in the city’s Rencheng Prison were found to have been infected with the COVID-19 virus. In fact, an insider revealed to the Epoch Times that the first group of prison guards infected were confirmed on Feb. 10.

Jining is not a big city and is far away from Hubei Province, the epicenter of COVID-19 outbreak. However, the number of COVID-19 infections in Jining is among the highest for a city of its size due to the outbreak within Rencheng prison.

The Chinese-language Epoch Times reached the director of a crematorium in Jining on Feb. 29, 2020.
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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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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.

#2
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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In this interview, Wuhan residents are involuntarily faced with a situation worse than a battle zone. Death seems to be the only way it can end, whether its death from the infection, from starvation, or from the tyranny.
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China analysts believe these countries’ close political and economic relations with the Chinese regime led them to enact ineffective disease prevention policies—as they became more concerned about offending the Chinese regime or disrupting economic interests in China.

Bruce Lui, lecturer at the journalism department of Hong Kong Baptist University, said:
“Because these countries are highly integrated with China, they are almost unguarded to some extent.”

Italy, the most heavily-affected country outside China as of March 10, was the first G-7 nation to sign onto China’s One Belt, One Road initiative. In an attempt to prop up its weakening economy, Italy has also sought to capture the Chinese market for selling its luxury goods.

With the outbreak, such prospects have been put on hold.

Italy has also signed 74 sister-city agreements with China–Milan, Venice, and Bergamo included among them. These are the regions hardest-hit by the virus.

In South Korea, the public has grown increasingly critical of President Moon Jae-in for refusing to ban Chinese tourists at large from entering the country—only barring entry for those who recently traveled to Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak in China. 1.46 million people have signed a petition to the Presidential Blue House calling for Moon to be impeached. The petitioner wrote: “Seeing Moon Jae-in’s response to the new epidemic, I feel that he is more of a President for China than Korea.”

Iran has also seen a surge in the number of infections, particularly among its government officials. Iran has had a comprehensive strategic partnership with China since 2016. In violation of international sanctions, Iran has imported embargoed materials from China, while Iran continues to sell oil to China.

Meanwhile, Iran allowed flights in and out of China’s four major cities until the end of February.

Analyst Heng He said: “The inefficiency in disease prevention can be traced back to policies. These hard-hit countries have a tight relationship with the Chinese regime. Their political and economical policies outweigh the needs of disease prevention. Some are deceived by the lies of the Chinese regime, and others deliberately turn a blind eye.”

In contrast, Taiwan has seen a relatively small number of infections, despite its proximity to mainland China. On Jan. 26, John Hopkins University identified Taiwan as the second-highest risk of epidemic spread outside China. However, robust preventive measures proved its effectiveness. Taiwan officials began to board planes and assess passengers on December 31, 2019, after Wuhan authorities first confirmed the outbreak. In early February, Taiwan banned foreign nationals who have traveled to China. To date, there are 45 confirmed cases in Taiwan.

Heng He: “These measures were adapted earlier than all other countries. It is also because Taiwan has a clear understanding of the Communist regime. Taiwan may be the only state that has learned lessons from the 2003 SARS outbreak. Taiwan is fully prepared to implement the measures. Having been rejected by the World Health Organization (WHO), the isolated Taiwan is free of being misled by it. Taiwan also distrusts the Chinese regime’s propaganda and data. Well, these [factors] have prevented the virus outbreak in Taiwan. Taiwan’s experience is clear. Only by understanding the Chinese Communist Party and staying away from it, can countries set the foundation to fight this pandemic. In other words, God helps those who help themselves.”

In the era of globalization, it’s challenging for the leader of every country to use their political wisdom, discretion and judgment to avoid making wrong decisions that affects the rest of the world.

Upon the severe economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic, the communist regime demands that the nation return to work while it continues its lockdown policy. From March 1, the regime imposed an unprecedented internet blockage. Many Wuhan residents have not been able to get help for the past 40 days, and it continues.

The Epoch Times interviewed a Wuhan resident trapped at home for 40 days. Aid is not available. With two young children, money running out, door nailed shut from outside, even though they are not infected. The despair is hard to imagine.
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Mr. Pan: Basically, my savings are almost used up. I have to find someone to borrow money from when it’s gone. The food is so expensive. I can’t even go out to beg in the street. No one is on the street!

Journalist: You can’t go out, right?

Mr. Pan: Right. The door is nailed shut completely.

Journalist: Do they deliver the groceries?

Mr. Pan: There are two separate issues. The first one is that food is quite expensive. Second, where does money or finance come from? There’s no money. Who can afford it? Who would sell to you? The third one, go begging. I was ready to beg for food, I would take my family out to beg for food. But how? I can’t even go out.

Mr. Pan: I am not ill. I have made it clear. My dad is infected. Not me, I am normal. Why can’t I have the right to live? Who can tell me? I’m in the house every day now. What can I do? Wait for death?

Journalist: This is inhumane to trap people at home.

Mr. Pan: This is the situation now. Has anyone called me and asked after me? No one cares about us. I haven’t seen one grain of rice from relief aid, let alone anything else. What donations? What disaster relief? Nothing! I have two children and we have not received even a grain of rice!

Journalist: How can people live like that?

Mr. Pan: It is not just me, I have asked around, it’s the same for everyone else. No one has received a grain of rice. So what is the government doing? Today is the 40th day, and it will be another forty days.

Is the epidemic still so serious that it has to be closed for another 40 days?

Mr. Pan: I don’t know. No one has reported about the epidemic. If the epidemic was not serious, the door would be open! The logic is very simple. Open the door, let everyone out to live a normal life? Nail up the door! doesn’t that mean it is still very serious now. What’s there to ask?

Journalist: The power will be off automatically without money?

Mr. Pan: Yes, of course. It’s bundled with my mobile phone, it deducts automatically. If you don’t believe me, I can show you the phone. My life is really difficult now, what can I do if my 3-year old girl is out of baby formula?

Journalist: If it continues, the common people’s life is….

Mr. Pan: I think I am an individual. People is a derogatory term. I am not just a person. I am an individual. My last name is MPan. My son and daughter are also surnamed MPan. I have a name. How can I just be a common person? Everyone has a first name, right? This Is the Way.

Journalist: This is a very common situation there?

Mr. Pan: My father has not received anything either, nor have my in-laws. My family and relatives have nothing, neither my brothers and sisters—all have nothing. If anyone had received a grain of rice, they would tell me.

Journalist: Where are those donated supplies?

Mr. Pan: Ask Heaven, how would I know? (So many donations from various places.) There are about 17 or 18 people in my family. We speak on the phone—no one has received any so-called donated materials. They didn’t even get a grain of rice. My father has coronary heart disease and high blood pressure. He can’t go out. He can’t stay in the hospital. What kind of society is this!

Journalist: It was said to introduce some policy?

Mr. Pan: Since the lockdown began I have not received a grain of rice. I made a lot of phone calls, they were all recorded. This is my situation now. Who can I complain to? If I scold this party and this government, I would go to jail, to put it seriously, they could say that I overturned the state power, what could I do then?

Journalist: You can’t even afford the rice, how could you overturn the state?

Mr. Pan: I am an individual. I have children, I have a family, and I have parents. What should I do? In other words, there are both elderlies and youngsters at home.

Journalist: Right, there are so many people like you now. You have to wait until the end of April?

Mr. Pan: This society is not human, it is hell. We are boiled in hell, waiting for trial, or waiting for the fire to burn us, just to die. We are very scared, because the coronavirus is ubiquitous. Getting infected is very troublesome.

Since the outbreak in Wuhan, numerous doctors and nurses have been transferred to Hubei. Medical staff are usually called to the front line only hours before departure and have little time to prepare. After arriving in Wuhan, they are physically exhausted while trying to adapt to a new work and living environment.

Epoch Times journalist interviewed a medical worker in Wuhan from northwest China.
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Nurse: We were the first batch of medical staff going to Hubei from our area. We received a particularly urgent notice. Local authorities received it at around 2 o’clock that day. We were notified one hour later, more than 100 of us, including 80 medical workers. The others are logistics. They were also urgent, with no preparation.

I didn’t have much to bring with me. I didn’t think I needed to bring much. It wasn’t until I got here that I realized that some things are necessary.

The day the notice came, I was on night shift at the time, and the hospital announced that I would go to Wuhan the next day. I didn’t pack much, just a set of winter clothes. Now about 90 percent of online commodities cannot be delivered to Wuhan, making way for critical medical supplies.

Actually, I have some clothing to change, although not very good fitting. Most items are donated by the community. For example, I got a pair of shoes today, but they don’t fit me well. I can only make do with them. I can’t ask for too much. We’re content as long as we have a change of clothing.

Wuhan’s weather is getting warmer. In one week people can experience the four seasons. Today is 24 degrees Celsius but tomorrow it may snow. I wasn’t used to it when I first came here. I’m used to it now, and in a few weeks it’ll get hot.

Some people work longer hours. I’m in ICU, working a 4 hour shift. In restricted areas, in order to save protective clothing, it is impossible to go down (to use the toilet) in only 2 hours. We need to stick it out to the end, so generally we do not change.
Then they gave us “relieved pants” (if you want to go to the bathroom or have a stomach ache, you understand. I won’t describe.) We have to overcome it.

In ICU, some duties are very simple, but there are many things that bind us, such as protective clothing, and many layers of gloves. Without so many gloves, we can find blood vessels in a few minutes, but when wearing protective clothing, the eyes could be covered with sweat. Yet we’re required to draw blood with one prick. The blood could have been taken in ten minutes, but it may take up to half an hour now.

It used to take 30 seconds for us to find a blood vessel. Now it takes five minutes.

The hardest part at first was the lack of oxygen. When wearing protective clothing, masks, protective shoes, layers after layers, it’s exhausting. The breathing is particularly uncomfortable. Some of our colleagues take off protective clothing after taking a meal. The lack of oxygen causes gastrointestinal discomfort and vomiting. I have a colleague who could not take off the protective clothing, he could only vomit into the mask. He couldn’t use the toilet or take off the protective clothing because the protective clothing was very scarce then. We can’t use a toilet and can only hold on till off duty.

Every day after treating patients we’re very tired, especially when getting out of the ward. The dehydration is very severe. Our whole body is covered in sweat after nursing patients. (We) drink as much water as possible. Since I have had heart surgery before, I dare not drink too much water, so I wonder how I can exercise when resting. I have to make sure my body is well so that I can help more people.

Sometimes chatting with others can also release those feelings. I feel like there is no pressure on the surface, but more or less it will have an impact subconsciously.

I was told that medical staff would have holidays by turns. I got a 4-day shift. We can’t go back home until the outbreak is over, because we have already replaced the medical staff here. If we go back, there will be no one to treat the patients. We have to stay where we are.

The medical staff of this hospital will take a rest first and then it’s our turn. They won’t let us go back.

I am almost 30 years old and have a family now. I planned to have a baby this year. We have to check our health after going home. If there is a problem, I need to take a rest to recuperate, then we can only wait till next year. My husband is an inspector. On the day I came to Wuhan, I thought I was the stronger one. He was crying his eyes out.
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Background: A shopping center that used to be the busiest street in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, has very few customers during the COVID-19 crisis. A nail salon owner says his current revenue is not even enough to pay the rent.

Man in the background:
Following an official announcement, most businesses in Chengdu resumed operations more than ten days ago. But take a look everyone, very few stores are open. Is it because the local authorities forbade them to do business? No.

Come take a closer look. (Reading the notices on the doors) Business for sale, business for sale, another business for sale. This store has been open for several days. Still, the owner decided to sell it. Hi buddy, have you had any sales this month?

My nail salon has been open for more than ten days. I will show you around. Hi kiddo, where is your mother?
In the past more than ten days, my revenue was a few hundred yuan per day, not even enough to pay for the rent. In our WeChat group, we business owners are discussing that we should ask the landlords to waive rents for us.

Man in black jacket:
I feel that even if the rents are waived, it won’t help much. The real issue is whether I can survive. Such a difficult time!