China News Service, April 7th Recently, the Japanese "Chinese Herald" published an editorial. During the severe period of the epidemic, people do not necessarily meet, but their hearts are always connected. Everyone is not an island, but a member of a social network and community community.
The full text is excerpted as follows:
The New Crown epidemic continues to spread globally. From the perspective of the United States, Japan, and China, the three countries are going through different stages of their respective epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic activities. According to statistics from Johns Hopkins Medical University, there are more than 310,000 confirmed cases in the United States and more than 10,000 cases in nine states across the country. The most serious outbreak in New York State, the United States, has more than 100,000 diagnosed infections. The Governor of New York said the outbreak may reach its peak within 7 days.
Japan is at a critical juncture of the "war of ninjas" that carries risks and indulges the epidemic. On April 5, Tokyo, the country with the most severe epidemic in Japan, had more than 100 people diagnosed with infection for two consecutive days, and Tokyo ’s public medical system faced severe challenges.
China held a national public sacrifice on April 4 at the Ching Ming Festival. The flags of mourning in the lower half of the country and the people stood in silence, expressing their deep condolences for the sacrificed martyrs and dead compatriots who fought against the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The spread of the virus has basically been controlled throughout the country, and the number of infections in various regions has been steadily decreasing and is being gradually cleared. The number of new cases every day nationwide is stable at double digits, mostly imported from abroad. The former epidemic center Wuhan is scheduled to be unsealed on April 8th, marking the staged results of China's anti-epidemic war. In April, when the global epidemic was rife, China was on the road to resuming work, resuming production and returning to school after a major disaster.
At present, the spread of the global epidemic, especially the outbreaks in Europe and the United States, has made overseas Chinese and overseas students face a severe situation. According to statistics, the total number of Chinese students studying abroad is 1.6 million, and there are currently about 1.42 million abroad. Therefore, ensuring the health and safety of overseas students has become an important task. At present, overseas Chinese mostly focus on local epidemic prevention and reducing mobile risks, but they are not information insulators, nor are they isolated islands in the storm. They are inextricably linked with China, and have received the care of the embassy and consulate in the local area, as well as the help of the overseas Chinese community, the enterprise association, and other communities.
It is reported that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has allocated 500,000 "health packs" to countries with a relatively high concentration of overseas students, including more than 11 million masks, 500,000 disinfection supplies and epidemic prevention guides. At the same time, medical expert groups and working groups were also dispatched to provide scientific and professional epidemic prevention and control guidance to overseas Chinese citizens, especially overseas students. At present, 10 medical expert groups have been sent to 8 countries, not only actively assisting the local fight against the epidemic, but also carrying out face-to-face or video exchanges with overseas students, Chinese-funded enterprises and Chinese citizens to popularize knowledge on epidemic prevention.
The situation in Japan is special. At the end of March and early April, during the period of great changes such as the graduation season, the inauguration season, and the beginning of the new year, objectively, there must be social interactions and personnel turnover. There are about 110,000 Chinese students studying in Japan. Some of the graduates' housing leases are about to expire, and they have encountered the problem of being unable to return to China in the short term. In fact, the frequent movement of people is an important cause of cross-infection. There have been many confirmed cases of cross-infection on the way home. Therefore, the embassy in Japan urges everyone to adopt a scientific and rational attitude, not only to pay attention to the development of epidemic situations, to protect themselves, but also to avoid the risk of cross-infection caused by blind travel.
For the larger number of overseas Chinese in Japan, in addition to calling on individuals to reduce unnecessary travel and contact, it is also recommended to play the role of overseas Chinese associations, contacting compatriots widely, understanding the situation, listening to appeals, giving concern, establishing contacts, and further expanding The influence, appeal, cohesion, multi-pronged measures of the overseas Chinese group, care and help, stabilize people's hearts, and enhance confidence.
Right now, in response to the embassy's call, the Japanese overseas Chinese delegation implemented the work priorities:
1. Help overseas Chinese get information from regular channels, guide everyone to look at the situation objectively and calmly, and relieve panic emotions; 2. According to the principle of provincial counterparts, actively contact the hometown government and all walks of life, and provide support materials such as masks for compatriots in Japan; 3. Actively promote the online health consultation platform announced by the embassy, widely mobilize overseas Chinese medical workers, especially mobilize Chinese medicine resources to provide fellows with health consultation and prevention services; 4. Do not hold large-scale activities, reduce gatherings, meetings and other activities to strengthen Daily protection; 5. The Embassy will, with the support of the vast number of overseas Chinese, further improve consular protection and assistance, help fellow citizens solve difficulties, ensure the timely and effective treatment of sick fellow citizens, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of fellow citizens.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou emphasized in the CCTV connection program that no matter how the situation develops, the Chinese Embassy in Japan, himself and the consulate generals will always be with you.
Indeed, during the severe period of the epidemic, people do not necessarily meet, but their hearts are always connected. Everyone is not an island, but a member of a social network and community community. The Overseas Chinese League established an anti-epidemic liaison group, the Alumni Association distributed love masks, online medical consultations, live sales newspaper groups to warm up, and the media disseminated accurate information, dictated essays to convey friendship, confidence and positive energy ... all this allowed overseas Chinese to live overseas. The support is stronger. The more extraordinary the period, the more important it is to show the importance of the social community. Only by helping each other in epidemic prevention can we welcome the dawn of the darkness. (Declaration)