– HRWF (31.10.2018) – Lu Yongfeng, female, born on 16 October 1948, lived at 0422 Group 6, Wulanheshuo Village, Wulanheshuo Township, Chaoyang County, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. In 1999, she joined The Church of Almighty God.

Lack of free speech helped spread of coronavirus in China, says leading professor

• Peking University academic He Weifang says ‘people live in distress and the government in mendacity’ because of the lack of press freedom
• Legal specialist’s plea – handwritten to bypass censors – questioned why it had taken more than a month for Xi Jinping’s apparent call for disease control efforts to be reported

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3051219/china-paying-heavy-price-coronavirus-because-lack-free-speech

How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw

China’s use of surveillance and censorship makes it harder for Xi Jinping to know what’s going on in his own country.