China’s economy has shrunk for the first time since records began three decades ago. Its GDP fell 6.8 percent in the first quarter after factories across China shut down and exports fell amid the global CCP virus pandemic that began in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Meanwhile, many countries are re-evaluating their trading relationship with China.
In other news, Chinese authorities revised the death count in Wuhan from about 2,600 to about 3,900—an increase of 50 percent. The official reason: late reports, missed reports, or false reports. However, many say it’s still far from the real number. Chinese Caixin Net revealed that one funeral home received 5,000 urns in just two days. That’s 1,000 more than the revised death count.
Six cities in China are considered potential hot spots for the next outbreak. But the people in these six cities may not know it themselves. According to photos from Chinese social media, at one airport in southern China, people arriving from Wuhan and five other specific cities were told to take a different route than other passengers.
World leaders are increasing pressure on China, frustrated by the lack of transparency over the origin of the virus. But inside China, many people believe the virus came from the United States. A Wuhan resident told Radio Free America on Friday the Chinese communist regime’s propaganda department has been pushing the narrative that the virus came from the United States and are repeating it nonstop. Now, more and more people believe it’s true.
The editor-in-chief for Chinese regime’s mouthpiece, Global Times, boasted on Chinese social media that he mocked U.S. officials on Twitter after U.S. defense secretary Mark Esper on Thursday questioned the information coming out of China.
The FBI said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into U.S. healthcare and research companies conducting research into COVID-19. The FBI spokesperson did not name specific countries or organizations.
