(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) China-Singapore Times Commentary: China's Anti-epidemic Narrative Fights Back the "Hiding" Fallacy with Data and Facts

　　China News Service, Beijing, June 7 Question: China's anti-epidemic narrative responds to the "hiding" fallacy with data and facts

　　China News Agency reporter Diao Haiyang

　　The Chinese official released the white paper "China Action Against New Coronary Pneumonia" on June 7th, which comprehensively introduces the hardship of China’s anti-epidemic process and the true situation of China and the international community working together to fight against the epidemic, and restores China with a clear timeline and detailed data. The anti-epidemic narrative effectively countered the so-called "hiding" fallacy of the outside world.

On the occasion of major strategic achievements in the national epidemic prevention and control and blocking war, the Information Office of the State Council of China issued a white paper on "China Action Against New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic" on June 7. This is called "an important document that truly records the hardship of China's epidemic resistance." China News Service reporter Zhang Yushe

　　This white paper with about 37,000 words in full text shows that China is not only the first country to face the virus, the first country to sound the alarm, but also the first country to control the epidemic. In a responsible attitude to the people and the international community, China has made important contributions to maintaining regional and world public health security. Legal, timely, open and transparent throughout all aspects of China's anti-epidemic actions.

　　In terms of command, China quickly established a unified and efficient command system after the outbreak. The white paper shows that Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, put forward requirements on the epidemic prevention and control work as early as January 7, and has since held several meetings, listened to reports, inspected and investigated and made timely decisions and deployments.

　　In terms of information release, China has established a strict epidemic situation release mechanism and a hierarchical and hierarchical news release system to disseminate information through multiple channels and platforms. As of May 31, the State Council Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism and the State Council Information Office held a total of 161 press conferences, Hubei Province held 103 press conferences, and other provinces held a total of 1050 press conferences.

　　In the data revision, Wuhan City, on April 17, according to relevant laws and regulations, on the basis of in-depth development of epidemic-related big data and epidemiological investigations, revised the number of confirmed and dead cases to ensure accurate epidemic data.

　　In reporting information to the international community, China first notified the World Health Organization and others of the epidemic information as early as January 3; shared the genome sequence information of the virus with the world on January 12; Conducted a nine-day investigation and survey and released a report.

　　Through this series of time nodes and data, we can see that in dealing with this once-in-a-century global pandemic, China not only did not conceal or allow concealment, but also did not need to conceal the epidemic.

　　In front of a true narrative, the "China Concealment Theory" fabricated by some politicians in the United States and the West is self-defeating. The "China Responsibility Theory", "China Forgery Theory" and "China Apologization Theory" triggered by the "Chinese Concealment Theory" as the logical starting point The "China compensation theory" is even more absurd. Xu Lin, deputy minister of the CPC Central Committee's Propaganda Department and director of the State Council Information Office, said at the press conference on the 7th that the relevant argument has no factual basis, is also unreasonable, and does not respect science, causing strong indignation from the Chinese people.

　　The white paper shows that China notified the countries of the epidemic information as early as January 3, and the heads of the CDCs in China and the United States called on January 4 to communicate the epidemic situation. Since then, various government departments of the two countries have exchanged information on the epidemic situation. During February, US experts also visited China as members of a joint expert inspection team.

　　It can be seen that the United States was informed of the epidemic situation no later than the rest of the world. The United States has sufficient time to respond well. The evolution of the epidemic situation in the United States is entirely a consequence of its own ineffectiveness in the fight against epidemics. The United States discredited China's "hiding" the epidemic completely for the purpose of shirk its responsibility.

　　Facts speak louder than words, and justice has never been absent. With China successfully controlling the epidemic and the United States still in the background of uncertain prospects, the "anti-epidemic narrative" constructed by the United States with dumping at the core has increasingly no market. In the United States, more and more people have seen through lies and called for accountability to the government; internationally, multinational politicians, heads of international institutions, public health experts, media and non-governmental organizations have criticized the United States for its global anti-epidemic unity .

　　Former US President Lincoln once said, "You may deceive everyone at some time, or you may deceive some people at all times, but it is impossible to deceive everyone at all times."

　　June 7 is the sign of the end of "a certain moment". The publication of China's white paper on anti-epidemic has made the lies and fallacies of "China's concealment" nowhere to escape. (Finish)