President Xi Jinping visits Ditan Hospital in Beijing on February 10 and holds a video conference with doctors in Wuhan who are fighting the coronavirus epidemic. Photo: Xinhua
Opinion
Opinion
How Xi Jinping’s ‘controlocracy’ lost control of the coronavirus epidemic sweeping China and the world
- Under the central government’s tight grip on all aspects of Chinese society, critical information about the virus was not made public in time
- The death of a whistle-blower doctor has ignited public anger and intense resistance online, putting President Xi Jinping’s hi-tech censorship machine to the test
President Xi Jinping visits Ditan Hospital in Beijing on February 10 and holds a video conference with doctors in Wuhan who are fighting the coronavirus epidemic. Photo: Xinhua