China in Focus (April 17): First Chinese Lawsuit Against CCP Coverup

A Hubei resident publicly sued the Hubei government for covering up the CCP virus spreading. That night he was summoned by police.

China’s economy shrinks for the first time since records began three decades ago. Its GDP has fallen nearly 7 percent.

Chinese authorities revised the virus death count in Wuhan, increasing it by 50 percent. Many believe the new number is still too low.

Governments around the world demand the truth from China. They want to know how the virus originated, and say it may have come from a lab in Wuhan.

The G7 joins the call to reform the World Health Organization as Republican lawmakers call for its director-general to resign.

NTD refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.

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