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a top expert saying another wave of Co 19 outbreaks could hit China soon that says masses of children in China battle a major ponia outbreak another leak from a Chinese lab some are raising the question after multiple Med students at one Chinese lab started battles with cancer in quick succession victims of beijing's Human Rights abuses protesting against the Chinese regime and its leader Xi Jinping in San Francisco there are stories and what the protests mean for the upcoming Biden CH meeting and a massive social media disinformation campaign now tied to Chinese police its prime target lawmakers businesses and residents on American soil what do you think about the discovery let us know below and subscribe if you haven't already welcome to China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer another wave of Co 19 could hit China soon the estimate coming from a top Chinese epidemiologist Jong manhan is the lead scientist at China's national Health commission he estimates a new wave of Co 19 infections could emerge in November and last through next January that's based on modeling results and he's calling on Chinese citizens to get vaccinated this as children infected with pneumonia continue flooding hospitals across across China right now our impatient beds are very limited it's hard for patients to get a bed here a children's hospital in Hunan is seeing almost 3,000 patients per day a children's hospital in Beijing has over 400 patients seeking treatment almost three times the normal average meanwhile authorities from different parts of China have published emergency notices asking citizens to wear masks in anoi Province some pneumonia infection in children are so bad that patients must undergo special treatment to clear the lungs One hospital there has been doing 50 such treatments daily the recent wave of pneumonia infections have some wondering if the respiratory tract infections are actually caused by Co 19 a handful of post-graduate students working at a lab inside a Chinese Medical School are reportedly battling cancer some are accusing school officials of covering up the diagnosis but now a bigger question has come out what's happening inside the lab at least two doctoral students and one post-doctoral fellow facing new cancer diagnosis all three worked in a lab at the breast cancer center at sunat sin University in southern China all three were also in their 20s at the time they were diagnosed with cancer this year post doct Al fellow hang men shared the diagnosis from earlier this month online pancreatic cancer at 29 years old now doctors say she has just months to live the hospital admitted that three people involved with the lab contracted cancer including hang men though it denied that any current students were suffering from it a few other students from the same research team are waiting for their own diagnosis after testing high on cancer risk assessments the breast cancer center reacted promptly to the reports Wong was kicked out of her research team's group chat soon after she was diagnosed her medical records are also no longer available in the hospital system the center shut down the system around the same time citing system maintenance what's more video shows what appears to be a section of lab being torn down the Institute explained the decision to do so was made after a fire inspection the issue quickly landed on the trending topics list list on the Chinese version of Twitter waybo but very promptly the topic seemingly faced censorship from beijing's firewall with mentions of it disappearing from the web a China Affairs expert says he believes the cancer cases aren't coincidence in such a small app so many people get cancer one after another there should be a special reason for that the most likely and reasonable explanation is that it is cond some kind of dangerous research due to various reasons these people got cancer one after another the breast cancer center is said to focus on research studies they may be doing cancer research or cancer virus research to save lives but they may have some other purpose such as the research and development of biological or biochemical weapons China Affairs analyst Tong jinguan suggested the situation could suggests some kind of lab leak the concept of a possible Chinese lab leak is nothing new in the last three years more evidence has hinted that a lab league in Wuhan could have been the source of the co 19 pandemic the Chinese Communist party has refused any third-party investigation into the origins of the virus inside China worth noting Beijing shut down the Chinese lab that published virus sequencing soon after the virus appeared authorities also cleaned a wet Market in Wuhan after the country's first major public outbreak was discovered Beijing later imposed harsh trade controls on Australia and a move seen as retaliation after then prime minister Scott Morrison called for an independent probe into the origin of the virus the world's largest known online disinformation campaign reportedly targeting lawmakers businesses and residents on American soil and according to court documents it was created by the Chinese Communist Party a CNN report looked into documents from social media companies and court filings it explains the campaign operates through a network known as spamf flage or Dragon Bridge it works by launching an onslot of social media posts across nearly every major platform publicly denouncing the Target and in some cases threatening violence I feel really really afraid they use hateful words they will make life very uncomfortable for those who speak ill of China and reaching out to law enforcement only goes so far social media platforms have sent out widespread bands to eradicate the accounts but malicious actors create new ones on Mass daily the state department describes it as part of beijing's strategy to silence critics of the Chinese regime around the world in effort the CCP pours billions of dollars into funding the network was first found over four years ago but Federal prosecutors and meta link the operation to Chinese police in recent months President Biden will soon meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in San Francisco ahead of the talks victims of beijing's Human Rights abuses are speaking out to condemn the regime joining us now is entity's White House correspondent Iris ta reporting from the Apex Summit in San Francisco as President Biden landed here in San Francisco for the Apex Summit and protests are ongoing against the head of the Chinese Communist party in XI Jin ping earlier on Tuesday we were outside of the hotel where she is reportedly staying with the Chinese delegation which is right across from here the summit venue and we saw this group of anti-ccp protesters who say they're victims of the Chinese Communist party's human rights persecution in China and the scene of clashing happens as they confronted a group of pro CCP people who were reportedly hired by the New York and Chinese counsel who come all the way to here to San Francisco to show support for the Chinese Communist Regime let's take a look at the scene and hear what the anti-ccp people had to tell us watch so we're right now right outside of the hotel where the Chinese delegation is staying here in San Francisco for the Apex Summit and we are seeing a huge group of both Pro CCP and anti-ccp protesters clashing right here with the anti-cp group yelling that the CCP has been killing people and harming their property and lives while the other group also waving Chinese Communist Party Flags sources told the epoch times that a Chinese counselor in New York hired Chinese locals to come all the way to San Francisco but providing them with free food free hotel and free flights and critics say that it's a manifestation of the Chinese Communist party's exploitation of freedoms here enjoyed on us soil to promote communist ideas and of course for the next few days more protests are planned especially on Wednesday which is when President Biden is said to meet with she and now the pressure is mounting for President Biden to emphasize human rights issues with the Chinese dictator reporting in San Francisco AIS how and TD news California governor Gavin Nome is facing push back for recent comments about local cleanup efforts ahead of the Apex Summit social media users now questioning the timing of the removal of homeless camps in San Francisco here's the governor speaking on Fox News know folks say oh they're just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming into town um that's true because it's true but it's also true for months and months and months prior to Apec we've been having different conversations residents and business owners also criticize the sanitation campaign calling it a Band-Aid solution the efforts were focused on the south of Market and tenderloin neighborhoods many were asking why action wasn't taken Sooner images circulating online show a glaring contrast from before and after Apec began shifting gears next we have top headlines from the h Pacific region the US and South Korea are holding joint military drills Naval exercises kicked off Tuesday off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula the drills feature warships and aircraft from both sides the training continues through Thursday moving on to Japan the country's self-defense forces held disaster drills on an island close to Taiwan the drills were designed as mock tunami evacuations but I loo Town Hall officials said the exercises could also give people some something to think about that may come in useful later in a Taiwan emergency around 200 Town officials in Japanese troops participated in August last year the Chinese regime fired missiles into the sea close to the island the move was in response to then house Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan zooming in on southeast Asia Thailand has dropped plans for joint patrols with Chinese police following public backlash the patrols have been set to happen in High tourist areas the country's tourism Minister made the announcement Tuesday the proposal Drew criticism online with concerns over National sovereignty and a rebuke from the country's police chief the original plan was meant to boost tourist confidence especially among Chinese visitors they accounted for over 1/4 of foreign tourist arrivals before the pandemic and now over to China the home of one convenience store that isn't so convenient take a look look at this tiny shop hanging on the side of a steep Cliff this store is located 400 ft above ground in a National Geological park in Central China people climbing the cliff usually take around 90 minutes to reach the shop once they arrive they can grab a free bottle of water Chinese media says workers use zip lines to replenish the store's stock every day and that only one staff member Works inside the store at any given time the number of American students in China now at its lowest point in over a decade according to latest data from The Institute of International Education only 21 Americans studied in mainland China during the 2021 to 2022 school year for comparison from 2018 to 2019 that number reached over 11,000 that's an over 52 100% decrease on the flip side it seems like Chinese students are still eager to visit the US for their education during the 2022 to 2023 school year nearly 300,000 Chinese students studied in the US The Wall Street Journal reports that one of the obstacles deterring Americans from studying in China is the geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington other sources show The post-pandemic Rebound in China has been slower compared to other countries other factors include fear of sudden border control that could stop them from going home and the belief that conditions for American students in China won't see major improvements anytime soon that's all for today's China InFocus on YouTube we're now sharing a shorten version of our program here after 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20127 thanks for watching China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer see you tomorrow [Music]