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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Actually, to China, public relations is more important than truth…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/08/803766743/critics-say-china-has-suppressed-and-censored-information-in-coronavirus-outbrea">https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/08/803766743/critics-say-china-has-suppressed-and-censored-information-in-coronavirus-outbrea</a> lists some of the evidence, but that hasn't stopped China from just claiming whatever… Adrian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From the article:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'>Those restrictions were put to the test on Friday after the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, one of the eight whistleblowers reprimanded by police for warning others about a mysterious pneumonialike disease in December. Less than 90 minutes after his <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/02/06/803523981/coronavirus-whistleblower-dies-from-the-disease-in-china"><span style='color:#5076B8;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>death</span></a> on Friday morning, the hashtag "I want freedom of speech" was <a href="https://twitter.com/muyixiao/status/1225526482497343489?s=20"><span style='color:#5076B8;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>trending on Weibo</span></a>, a popular Chinese blogging site, with nearly 2 million posts. The posts were gone by sunrise…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#444444'>It’s 5 am in China right now, but many people did not sleep tonight — hashtag “I want freedom of speech” started to trend on Weibo from 1 am and now has nearly 2 million views. <a href="https://t.co/CA6lqy4ey2"><span style='color:#5076B8;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>pic.twitter.com/CA6lqy4ey2</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>— Muyi Xiao (@muyixiao) <a href="https://twitter.com/muyixiao/status/1225526482497343489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span style='color:#5076B8;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>February 6, 2020</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for that reminder Adrian. The Chinese do not have freedom of speech. That which we take for granted is a fond hope for them, a dream. The government controls the message there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>