Chinese Authorities Block Foreign Journalists From Reporting on COVID-19

Chinese Authorities Block Foreign Journalists From Reporting on COVID-19​

China in Focus

Better days are ahead, and the hardest times are behind us—that’s the #message coming from #ChineseCommunistParty authorities. But is it true? Funeral homes and hospitals are still overwhelmed in China, as the virus ravages the country. Foreign reporters wanted to find out for themselves, but found their efforts blocked. The Chinese regime is sticking with 60,000 as its official COVID-19 death toll. But people are casting doubt on that number—from experts to pundits to whispers on Chinese social media. With that still unclear, will China’s choice to open its borders impact the outside world?