China deletes WHO chief’s criticism of zero-COVID policy from social media platforms — Radio Free Asia

A worker disinfects the queue area of a swab test collection site for Covid-19 coronavirus in Beijing, May 11, 2022. Credit: AFP.

Ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censors rushed to delete comments by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) criticizing its zero-COVID policy as unsustainable from social media platforms in China on Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on China to change its approach, saying CCP leader Xi Jinping’s favored policy “will not be sustainable”

Ukraine and Russia Resume Talks as Moscow’s Bombing Campaign Grinds On

Ukraine and Russia Resume Talks as Moscow’s Bombing Campaign Grinds On

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China spreads disinformation on Ukraine ‘labs’ amid rising COVID-19 wave at home — Radio Free Asia

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, seen in a file photo of a daily media briefing in Beijing on April 8, 2020, has repeatedly  been called out for spreading conspiracy theories about the coronavirus, Afghanistan and other controversial topics.

“It is not something they can muddle through by stating that Chinas declaration and Russias finding are disinformation, and are outrageous and ridiculous.” But CIA Director William Burns said there is grave concern that Russia might be laying the groundwork for a chemical or biological attack of its own, which it would then blame on

Insult atop injury to Syrian photographer as China diplomat misuses war photos — Radio Free Asia

A screen grab of Zhao Lijian's tweet of Jan. 24, 2022 falsely describing Syrian war scenes as from Afghanistan  shared by fellow Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Hua Chunying. Credit: Ali Haj Suleiman.

When Ali Haj Suleiman saw his prize-winning photos of kids scavenging in war debris shared on Twitter by a leading Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the Syrian photojournalist was not flattered. The kids of war-torn Syria were provided as victims of U.S. military actions in Afghanistan. Suleiman took screengrabs of the tweet and tagged representative Zhao

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