A viral open letter, written after the FIFA World Cup opened on Sunday, questioned China's ongoing zero-tolerance policy toward COVID-19.
A security guard wears a protective suit to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he stands guard in the central business district on November 24, 2022, in Beijing, China.China's National Health Commission reported 31,444 new infections across the country on Wednesday, relatively low by international standards but afor the Chinese government. However, serious cases remain rare and deaths even more so, with only one death recorded over the same 24-hour period.
As of this week, new field hospitals and large centralized quarantine facilities were still being built in major cities including capital Beijing, while roughly one-quarter of China's 1.4 billion people were living underThe viral post, which has since been archived on freewechat.com, claimed to have been made by an"ordinary citizen" who questioned the amount of public resources spent recording COVID cases versus promoting the effect of therapeutics.
Morocco fans celebrate during the FIFA World Cup Group F match between Morocco and Croatia at Al Bayt Stadium on November 23, 2022, in Al Khor, Qatar.The Chinese national team didn't qualify for the World Cup and hasn't reached the tournament in two decades since its appearance in the edition jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan in 2002.
The beginning of the competition on Sunday appeared to strike a nerve among frustrated members of the public in China, where television rights are held by the country's state broadcaster CCTV, whose channels also frequently blastWeibo users contrasted scenes of cheering soccer fans in Qatar with crowds of hazmat-clad health workers in China.
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