But as winter mellowed into spring and Wuhan’s lockdown was lifted,. Now, the rich kids of Wuhan down pricey bottles of whiskey and bop to crashing electronica at the city’s swank nightclubs. Thousands throng Jianghan road, the city’s premier shopping street.
He was just a kid during the 1989 Tiananmen protests, when hundreds of thousands took to Beijing’s central square to demand democratic rights. But in the years after the bloody military crackdown on the protesters, he read more about it, growing sympathetic even as others grew cynical, indifferent or even supportive of Communist Party rule, won over by China’s growing prosperity.
But when a mysterious respiratory illness began spreading through Wuhan early last year, Zhu’s deep-seated skepticism toward the government suddenly proved prescient. After seeing rumors of the disease in late December 2019, Zhu began warning friends and family. Many brushed him off as an obstinate gadfly, but his wife and son stayed home, saving them from outings that would soon sicken relatives.
By early next morning, many of the posts had been purged by censors. On his wife’s cousin death certificate, doctors wrote she died of an ordinary lung infection, though she had tested positive for the coronavirus. That deepened Zhu’s suspicions that cases were being grossly undercounted. A week later, his friend’s mother passed away. On her death certificate, coronavirus was given as the cause. They argued the day she died, with Zhu’s friend accusing him of cursing his mother. The two haven’t spoken since.In April, the lockdown was lifted after 76 days. But as others crept back to work, Zhu asked for a year’s medical leave and shut himself in. His quarantine has lasted nearly 400 days and counting.
if you read the article it's clear that this guy has some sort of mental health issue. it's ghoulish that AP would sink as low as to indulge this man's delusions and broadcast them as propaganda. the guy is clearly, obviously struggling with a mental health problem.
Insane person.
“They’ve been lying for such a long time,” Zhu said, “so long that even if they started telling me the truth, I won’t believe it.”
AP is trying hard to get lower than BBC
Low class act from AP .......
Y’all found one bad example to highlight and publish on national news. The bias against China is ridiculously apparent
Lol this hit piece headline
Curious article. What is the AP's interest in publishing it? Wait until the crisis is over before we start entertaining conspiracy theories behind Covid-19. Covid is here, no matter what, and we shouldn't be wasting our attention on recrimination right now. Just get healthy!
Why don't you cover all the 'Zhu Tao's in the US...?
Leaders sold America out to the CCP, now we are under attack by a Bioweapon and communism.
dakekang do you think it's ethical to make a news story based on someone who is clearly in some form of mental distress? This man needs professional help, not to have his views validated while you seek out a few clicks for another China Bad story. Honestly pretty gross.
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