China Moves To Ban 'Negative And Critical' Posts On The Covid Lock-Downs In Xi'an And Other Cities

Radio Free Asia: Xi'an authorities ban 'negative' lockdown posts, photos or video on social media 

The city's 13 million residents are warned that all of their groups on WeChat are being monitored for complaints. 

Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an have banned "negative news" on social media as many residents took to social media to complain about a citywide lockdown that has left many stranded at home without enough food or access to medical treatment. 

"From Jan. 4, people are banned from posting details of the pandemic restrictions or information about the road situation, videos, links, mini-apps or photos of the situation, particularly negative news," the municipal government said in a mass SMS announcement to the city's 13 million residents.  

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Update: Xi'an Authorities Block All "Negative" Posts On Social Media As Lockdown Backlash Grows (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: The message that Beijing is pushing is that the Covid-19 situation is serious and some local authorities have failed in their job, but the central government is 100% confident that this crisis will be contained .... Vice premier Sun laments loopholes in treatment of patients in Xi’an (Global Times). 

My friends and contacts in China tell me a different story. 

That with the Olympics only a few weeks away followed by the Chinese Congress voting to give President Xi a third term, anything and everything will be done to make sure that any Covid outbreaks will be immediately suppressed even if it may mean locking down cities, provinces, and maybe the entire country itself.