In recent weeks, the government has deployed an army of censors to scrub the internet of critical coverage of the Wuhan outbreak. Wang Zhonglin, the city’s top party official, spoke loftily of Wuhan’s ambitions at a December forum promoting economic development along the Yangtze River. She is the first person known to have faced trial for chronicling China’s outbreak. Authorities are particularly sensitive about efforts to pay homage to Li, the Wuhan ophthalmologist whose death prompted rare calls for freedom of speech in China. “And the Communist Party of China, like always, has put people and their lives first.”©2021 The New York Times Company

Source: bd News24 January 10, 2021 19:41 UTC