{"id":524024,"date":"2022-01-06T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=524024"},"modified":"2022-01-06T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T18:03:26","slug":"xian-authorities-block-all-negative-posts-on-social-media-as-lockdown-backlash-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=524024","title":{"rendered":"CHINA &#8211; Xi&#8217;an Authorities Block All &#8220;Negative&#8221; Posts On Social Media As Lockdown Backlash Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>As Beijing struggles with the worsening outbreak in Xi&#8217;an, the provincial capital of 13M that has been under lockdown for about 2 weeks now, authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to paper over the popular outcry. So, authorities in the northern Chinese city have banned &#8220;negative news&#8221; on social media as many residents took to Weibo and other platforms to complain about their present circumstances.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From Jan. 4, people are banned from posting details of the pandemic restrictions or information about the road situation, videos, links, mini-apps or photos of the situation, particularly negative news,&#8221; the municipal government said in a mass text message to the city&#8217;s 13M residents. &#8220;There is background surveillance operating on all WeChat groups, and any negative news will be deleted as soon as it is sent,&#8221; the message said. &#8220;Please bear this in mind and pass the message on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of allowing complaints to fill up social media platforms, the local government in Xi&#8217;an is running a high-profile propaganda campaign to remind people of the efforts underway to bring shipments of fresh food to beleaguered residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/xian-authorities-block-all-negative-posts-social-media-lockdown-backlash-grows\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/covid-19\/xian-authorities-block-all-negative-posts-social-media-lockdown-backlash-grows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Beijing struggles with the worsening outbreak in Xi&#8217;an, the provincial capital of 13M that has been under lockdown for about 2 weeks now, authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to paper over the popular outcry. So, authorities in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=524024\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=524024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=524024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=524024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=524024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}