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The coronavirus epidemic is said to have "just" killed just over 3,000 people in China. But according to many specialists, the regime does not reveal the real extent of the drama that took place on its soil. Sinologist Marie Holzman co-signed a column published in the pages of Le Figaro asking the question: "Who will dare to hold the Chinese regime to account?". Guest of Europe 1 on Saturday, she thus relates the organization by the town hall of Wuhan of a huge banquet, just before the announcement of the confinement of the city and its 11 million inhabitants.
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In January, while the province of Hubei was preparing the election of its deputies, destined to go to Beijing, the communist party organized in Wuhan a huge banquet to which no less than 40,000 families were invited. Marie Holzman describes a "sumptuous" meal, where we found the effigy of Xi Jinping even on the plates, and where all the guests rubbed shoulders without protection. "No one wore a mask ..."
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Submission to the central government
"Here again we see that the governor of Hubei province and the mayor of Wuhan are subject to the central government." The sinologist describes local authorities already aware of the arrival of the coronavirus epidemic. However, they found themselves paralyzed, unable to take measures to protect the population without the approval of party leaders.
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A few days later, on January 23, the city was put under bell and the New Year celebrations canceled. But the holding of this great gathering inevitably participated in the spread of the virus.