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unexplained death cases reported from China is covid-19 back the country now grappling with a mysterious pneumonia outbreak resulting in fatigue fever and alleged deaths free free China free free China a rally calling for freedom in China held in New York City activists commemorating the one-year anniversary of the white paper movement clashes breaking out along China's border with Myanmar the two sides arguing and scram Ling after an exploded smoke bomb and charges for treason in Taiwan 10 of the Island's current and former Military Officers now charged with spying for communist China what do you think let us know below and subscribe if you haven't [Music] already welcome to China INF Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer more deaths are being reported in China as the country grapples with an unexplained pneumonia wave what was initially thought to be a concern limited to children now spreading rapidly among adults Beijing urged hospitals Nationwide to extend service hours and set up more clinics to cope with the search is this a Resurgence of co9 or is it something more mysterious at Play here's the latest on what's Happening lung inflammation and high fevers a mysterious acute pneumonia outbreak continues to sweep through China but the country's top health body claims it can handle the spike in sickness without giving further details on the true scope of the infections we spoke with a local resident in Beijing who hinted at a surge in death during the ongoing Spike we altered the resident's voice to protect their identity last month one of my brothers died of lung infection I buried him last week on the 18th I arrived at ban crematorium before 7:00 I only got the ashes back after 9:05 so you tell me how many people have died long line isn't it exactly how long would it take to pick the ashes up 5 minutes to pick up and earn news of undiagnosed pneumonia cases among kids started to emerge on Chinese social media back in August by September reports from inside China suggested people were dying alleging many had shows symptoms of long inflammation former Chinese journalist J Lan told ntid what he learned from internal sources I received this information from someone about children dying a teacher asked a father in a chat group why his daughter didn't come to school the father said I'm very sorry I'm so busy and Confused my child couldn't come to school anymore because she died of pneumonia last night on top of that many social media posts also share news about while family members passing away from the outbreak in one post a mother revealed that her 9-month-old baby died of micoplasma pneumonia and in this video shared online a man from northern China shares that he was tested for five different pathogens amid the wave of illnesses Chinese authorities are pushing residents to mask up practice social distancing and stay at home a major Hospital in Beijing has already set up a makeshift Clinic to cope with mounting demand for treatment such facilities are most known for large scale medical isolation tactics used during the covid-19 pandemic in China Beijing insists the chaos is not caused by a new virus and deny the possibility of covid-19 mutations instead Health officials have pinned their rise mostly on the micoplasma pneumonia virus though clinical Reports say micoplasma infections typically don't require hospitalization China responded to the World Health organization's request for data about the undiagnosed pneumonia saying the surge is linked to Common illnesses South Korea has reported that micoplasma pneumonia cases in its children doubled in November France has reported similar increases and starting next month Japan will require some travelers from China and five other countries to take tuberculosis or TB tests before entering Japan TB exhibits similar lung infections to the undiagnosed pneumonia a call for freedom in China coming from the heart of New York City a group of activists commemorating the one-year anniversary of the white paper movement one of the largest protests calling for democracy in China since the 1989 student movement on tinan Square entity's Juliet song has the details a rally in downtown Manhattan on Saturday marking a special day the 1year anniversary of a major protest in China called the white paper movement I think I haven't seen like a large scale Movement Like That that in China like in my entire lifetime people are radicalized in China all over all across board um it's really rare I think growing up I've always thought that it's impossible for China to have another um movement that's the scale of T Square the movement shocked many at the time waves of demonstrations broke out Nationwide condemning beijing's harsh covid-19 lockdowns protesters held sheets of blank paper while demonstrating a symbol of censorship protesters said they don't want to be slaves they want to be citizens calls like this rang out in China's biggest city Shanghai protesters asked Chinese leader shiin ping to step down protesters also took direct aim at the ruling Communist Regime one of the Shanghai protesters made his way to the US joining this very rally in New York commemorating the movement free free China free free China for him a protest in China was unimaginable at first my mind was bling I didn't think about anything I was a bit nervous a bit excited but afterwards anger rose up in me after people started chanting after all we were put under lockdown for too long so people were venting and asking for human rights he recounted how police officers surrounded them some people were arrested authorities took some people's phones police officers later brought a bus here a number of people were abducted and taken onto the bus some were beaten up J fled China after the protest he said beijing's Dron lockdowns were a wakeup call for many Chinese people they were fed up with suppression they also saw what happened around them some people jumped off buildings they also saw the blaze that happened in shinjang many died in the apartment building so they were pushed to the brink and started resisting beijing's authoritarian rule the protests later come down Beijing lifted pandemic restrictions but arrested a number of protesters some of them are still in prison today rgoers say it's important to recognize their perseverance and that they're not alone as there are others overseas fighting for democracy with them Juliet s NTD news the group also condemned beijing's abuse of Tibetans and wagers the regime has been collecting blood samples from Tibetans for better surveillance results the regime has also detained over 1 million weers inside China a Muslim minority group that lives in the western shinjang region the US says Beijing is committing genocide against them through Mass detention and forced sterilization different from the openness of the US rally in inside China the participants of last year's blank paper movement are facing fear suppression and retaliation from local authorities we sat down with one of them to find out what's happening to the demonstrators on Chinese soil hang Guan was a technical specialist working in southern China City of guango to commemorate the 1year anniversary of China's white paper movement he recounted tragedies he says have happened in his City during the three year pandemic lockdown I witnessed too many people jumping off buildings hanging themselves people could not go to the hospital without taking the covid-19 test some pregnant women who didn't undergo testing got rejected by hospitals they ended up having miscarriages some older adults who didn't take the test were denied emergency medical treatment and this happened often in guango the Nationwide protests were among modern China's largest driven by harsh pandemic restrictions that saw people trapped in their homes for months many of them lacking food and access to Medical Care hang recalled struggling under the sudden lockdowns I didn't have much food stored and as the lockdown went on my food nearly ran out I understand why some people choose to jump off buildings when you're starving to the point of desperation such thoughts can arise if the Communist party doesn't step down there's no way for the Ordinary People people to survive they feel desperate as protesters took to the streets hang was working behind the scenes hang obtained anti-communism information from overseas through bypassing China's internal censorship he took those details and spread them on Chinese social media the blank paper movement pushed Chinese authorities to end Draconian lockdown measures but what waited for the protesters afterward was a brutal round of retaliation from the Chinese regime I was arrested on May 20th I suspect that some people had revealed information about me under torture just a month later hang lost contact with many of his fellow demonstrators he later found they had been arrested and months later he was too Hong was detained for 15 days he experienced various forms of torture during that time including being exposed to intense light sprayed with chemical and deprived of sleep he also lost his job during this time after his release he fled to New Zealand although Hong is now living on Free Soil he says Chinese police still harass him via text messages and leverage the safety of his family members back in China what's more his Bank savings remain Frozen in China despite the challenges he says he'll continue exposing the Communist regime's actions toward the Chinese people and trying to bring awareness to to other nations up next some quick updates from the Indo Pacific for the first time in four years the foreign Ministers of China Japan and South Korea met in the port city of Busan on Sunday the three sides are seeking to restart cooperation to ease tensions the Japanese foreign minister said greater trilateral cooperation will contribute to Regional peace we now stand at a turning point in history the international situation has become more severe and complex than ever before cooperation between our three countries will greatly contribute to peace and prosperity not only for us but also for the region and the world Chinese foreign minister wangi called to restart negotiations for a trilateral Free Trade Agreement urging the three countries to do so as soon as possible he also gave a warning to South Korea he cautioned the country against politicizing economic and Tech issues as the two prepare to meet Japan's top Diplomat the meeting could also pave the way for an eventual Summit in the South China Sea two Chinese fighter jets were seen orbiting a Philippine aircraft the plane had been participating in sea and air exercises with Australia in the South China Sea in an area considered part of the Philippines exclusive economic zone China's foreign Ministry said Monday it was unaware of the circumstances China claims almost the entire South chinae Sea as it own despite a ruling in 2016 that said China's claims had no legal basis Vietnam has upgraded ties with Japan to the highest level the two sides now officially boosting their relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership the change was made during a visit by the Vietnamese president to Tokyo he called it an important event opening a new chapter in the Vietnam Japan relations the move underlined Vietnam's increasingly strategic role has an important Link in Global Supply chains that says trade tensions persist between China and the West the elevation of ties with Japan followed Vietnam's historic upgrade of relations with the United States in September 10 Taiwanese Military Officers indicted for treason on Monday that's after the current and former officials were caught spying for Beijing according to taiwan's high prosecutor's office three of them allegedly recruited active duty troops to collect information and develop a network for China four of those recruits allegedly handed over multiple items of military secrets to Beijing for money another reportedly stole military secrets from his place of work and two others were accused of filming a psychological warfare video for the Chinese Communist Party in the video they pledge to surrender to the people's Liberation Army the formal name of beijing's military tensions between Taiwan and China are at record Heights but the island under the looming threat of a Beijing Invasion the CCP has never ruled Taiwan and over to China's border with Myanmar also known as Burma social media videos released over the weekend caught a debate between the two sides people on the Myanmar side of the Border fence seen arguing with Chinese border guards while scrambling from an exploded smoke bomb Sunday they were reportedly appealing to Chinese Security Forces across the fence for safe passage and to release a man they said had been detained Chinese forces started combat exercises over the weekend set to run until Tuesday Chinese State media said they aim to test their combat capabilities and Readiness to secure the border with Myanmar internal conflicts in Myanmar have displaced tens of thousands of people in the Border region concerns are growing in China about instability and an influx of refugees the clashes come just after another attack along the Burma China border last week tensions peaked Friday when over 100 cargo trucks were set a blaze causing over $14 million in losses the Convoy had been transporting goods into Burma from China let's take a closer look this comes when China's ambassador to Burma is meeting top officials there for border security talks about 120 out of 258 Vehicles carrying household goods consumer goods clothes and building materials were destroyed by fire this is according to local media referring to an opposition force that launched an offensive against the Juna government a month ago before the latest Insurgent offensive Chinese and Burma juned officials had launched a Crackdown in the region on gangs operating internet fraud centers that China blames for cheating many of its people Burma handed over 10 tens of thousands Chinese Telecom fraud suspects this month that's all for today's China InFocus on YouTube when I sharing a shorten version of our program here after being demonetized for more than 2 years if you'd like to support us subscribe to our partner platform epic TV where you can watch our full episodes or consider donating find us at donorbox.org ch- in-focus here's what to look out for in our second half for the first time in years China Japan and and South Korea have agreed to resume cooperation top diplomats from the three countries setting the stage for a trilateral summit as soon as possible this comes as North Korea celebrates the launch of its first by satellite and as Beijing flexes more military Muscle near the Taiwan straight what's driving the two US allies closer to China and why the urgency to find out we sat down with Grant Nim retired US Marine Colonel and Senior fellow at the center for security policy thanks for watching China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer see you tomorrow