COVID Managements

Since this event is ongoing, we are just tracking the news and reports. Capitalist hegemony, interconnectedness of global supply chains, economic sanctions and disruptions complicate the narratives. This might be moved to “Atrocities” once we have a bigger picture of what is occurring. There are a lot of LaRouche and French neo-fascist (eg. *Voltaire Network*) conspiracy theories about COVID-19 being normalised on social media, hence why this section is necessary

### **COVID-19 Mismanagement/Repression**

* “Social Contagion: Microbiological Class War in China” http://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/ [EN]
	+ “社会传染” http://chuangcn.org/2020/04/social-contagion-zh [ZH]
* "‘Chinese Virus,’ World Market" by Andrew Liu https://lausan.hk/2020/chinese-virus-world-market/ [EN]
* "Censored Contagion II A Timeline of Information Control on Chinese Social Media During COVID-19" by Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Jakub Dalek, Jeffrey Knockel, Nicola Lawford, Caroline Wesley, and Mari Zhou https://citizenlab.ca/2020/08/censored-contagion-ii-a-timeline-of-information-control-on-chinese-social-media-during-covid-19/ [EN]
* "Censored Contagion: How Information on the Coronavirus is Managed on Chinese Social Media" by Lotus Ruan, Jeffrey Knockel, and Masashi Crete-Nishihata https://citizenlab.ca/2020/03/censored-contagion-how-information-on-the-coronavirus-is-managed-on-chinese-social-media/ [EN]
* "2020 COVID-19 Individual Stories" https://github.com/jiayiliujiayi/2020nCov\_individual\_archives [ZH]
* "No, Vietnam’s triumph over Covid-19 isn’t because of Socialism" https://leftcomvietnam.blogspot.com/2020/10/no-vietnams-triumph-over-covid-19-isnt.html [EN]
* "Where the Pandemic Is Cover for Authoritarianism" by Timothy McLaughlin https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/08/pandemic-protest-double-standard-authoritarianism/615622/ [EN]
* “How (Not) To Report On Russian Disinformation” by Aric Toler https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2020/04/15/how-not-to-report-on-russian-disinformation/ [EN]
* “The Coronavirus Pandemic and Russian Information Warfare Activities in Italy” by Luigi Sergio Germani https://democratic-integrity.eu/the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-russian-information-warfare-activities-in-italy/ [EN]
* "Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus" Raymond Zhong, Paul Mozur, Aaron Krolik, and Jeff Kao https://www.propublica.org/article/leaked-documents-show-how-chinas-army-of-paid-internet-trolls-helped-censor-the-coronavirus [EN]
* "The Disappeared" by Giles Whittell https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2020/07/20/the-disappeared-china/ [EN]
* "Russia's indigenous peoples are in the crosshairs of COVID-19" by Alexandra Slobodov https://globalvoices.org/2020/10/22/russias-indigenous-peoples-are-in-the-crosshairs-of-covid-19/ [EN]

### **News Articles**

* "In Nicaragua, people apparently die of ‘pneumonia’, not COVID-19" by Anais Catalina Gonzalez https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/05/in-nicaragua-people-apparently-die-of-pneumonia-not-covid-19/ [EN]
* “Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega y la pandemia de la covid-19”-Héctor Mairena https://www.aporrea.org/internacionales/a292168.html [ES]

* "If China valued free speech, there would be no coronavirus crisis" by Verna Yu https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/if-china-valued-free-speech-there-would-be-no-coronavirus-crisis [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "China arrested 8 for spreading ‘hoaxes’ about what is now known as coronavirus. What happened to them?' by Cristina Tardáguila and Summer Chen https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/the-2019-coronavirus-virus-lands-in-the-u-s-after-killing-17-and-taking-eight-to-prison/ [EN]
* "Doctor who blew whistle over coronavirus has died, hospital says" by Emma Graham-Harrison, Tom Phillips and Justin McCurry https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/06/whistleblower-chinese-doctor-dies-from-coronavirus [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Help or hindrance? How Chinese politics affected coronavirus response" by Emma Graham-Harrison https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/31/help-or-hindrance-how-chinese-politics-affected-coronavirus-response [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* “Syrian government-held Qamishli airport: epicenter to coronavirus outbreak in northeast Syria” https://npasyria.com/en/?p=44118 [EN]
* "Hanoi’s growing homeless population struggle with lockdown measures" by Ashley Lampard https://southeastasiaglobe.com/homeless-in-hanoi/ [EN]
* "Rapid Assessment on the Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Children and Families in Viet Nam" by UNICEF https://www.unicef.org/vietnam/sites/unicef.org.vietnam/files/2020-08/Covid%2019%20unicef%20ENG.pdf [PDF, 14.8 MB, EN]
* "With jobs lost to Covid-19, Vietnamese struggle to make ends meet" by Dat Nguyen and Hoang Phuong https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/economy/with-jobs-lost-to-covid-19-vietnamese-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-4116361.html [EN]
* "A Chinese Citizen Journalist Covering Coronavirus Just Live-Streamed His Own Arrest" by David Gilbert https://www.vice.com/en\_au/article/qjdejp/a-chinese-citizen-journalist-covering-coronavirus-just-live-streamed-his-own-arrest [EN]
* "Another citizen journalist covering the coronavirus has gone missing in Wuhan" by Jane Li https://qz.com/1801361/wuhan-virus-citizen-journalists-fang-bin-chen-qiushi-go-missing/ [EN] (owned by Uzabase, Inc.)
* "“I have seen bodies”: A Chinese citizen journalist reports on the coronavirus from Wuhan" by Jane Li https://qz.com/1798077/wuhan-virus-chinese-citizen-journalist-reports-from-quarantine-zone/ [EN] (owned by Uzabase, Inc.)
* "Chinese video journalist Chen Qiushi, who covered coronavirus, missing in Wuhan" https://cpj.org/2020/02/chinese-video-journalist-chen-qiushi-who-covered-c/ [EN]
* "These apps want to beat China’s censorship by turning words into a mess" by Qin Chen https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/coronavirus-outbreak-cat-and-mouse-game-censorship/article/3051180 [EN]
* "'Do you understand?’: The police letter that tried to silence coronavirus whistle-blower" by Qin Chen https://www.inkstonenews.com/health/police-letter-tried-keep-chinese-doctor-li-wenliang-warning-coronavirus/article/3049555 [EN]
* "Chinese activists detained after posting censored Covid-19 news on GitHub" by Phoebe Zhang https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/chinese-activists-detained-after-posting-censored-covid-19-news-github/article/3081668 [EN]
* "Coronavirus: Wuhan doctor says officials muzzled her for raising the alarm" by Kristin Huang https://www.inkstonenews.com/health/coronavirus-wuhan-doctor-says-officials-muzzled-her-raising-alarm/article/3074645 [EN]
* "Whistle-blower’s death sets off a torrent of anger at China’s government" by Viola Zhou https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/death-li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-prompts-anger-government/article/3049502 [EN]
* “新冠肺炎“吹哨人”李文亮：真相最重要” http://china.caixin.com/2020-02-07/101509761.html [ZH]
* "Chinese activists detained after sharing censored coronavirus material on crowdsourcing site Github" by Phoebe Zhang https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3081569/chinese-activists-detained-after-sharing-censored-coronavirus [EN] (owned by Alibaba)
* "Chinese internet users who uploaded coronavirus memories to GitHub have been arrested" by Jane Li https://qz.com/1846277/china-arrests-users-behind-github-coronavirus-memories-page/ [EN] (owned by Uzabase, Inc.)
* "Anger in China as doctor who died of Covid-19 omitted from citizen awards" by Lily Kuo https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/09/anger-china-doctor-li-wenliang-died-covid-19-omitted-citizen-awards [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* "Exiled Uighurs fear spread of coronavirus in China camps" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/13/exiled-uighurs-fear-spread-of-coronavirus-in-china-camps/ [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* "Xinjiang residents protest online against coronavirus lockdown" https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xinjiang-residents-protest-online-against-coronavirus-lockdown [EN]
* "‘It’s like Judgment Day’: Syrians Recount Horror of an Underreported COVID-19 Outbreak" by Asser Khattab https://newlinesmag.com/dispatch/its-like-judgment-day-syrians-recount-horror-of-an-underreported-covid-19-outbreak/ [EN]
* "Citizen journalist facing jail in China for Wuhan Covid reporting" by Helen Davidson https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/16/citizen-journalist-facing-jail-in-china-for-wuhan-covid-reporting-zhang-zhan [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
	+ https://twitter.com/badiucao/status/1327914325688795136?s=20 (archived: https://archive.vn/t74Ca) - Letter from police stating Zhang Zhen’s arrest [EN, ZH]
		- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em2zCOiUwAAOZRa?format=jpg&name=large (archived: https://archive.vn/ejUa2) - Page 1 [ZH]
		- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em2zCbRVoAMTJoh?format=jpg&name=large (archived: https://archive.vn/YOsOg) - Page 2 [ZH]
		- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em2zCbTVoAA6Lx7?format=jpg&name=large (archived: https://archive.vn/1DILZ) - Page 3 [ZH]
		- https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Em2zCgJUwAAwRTp?format=jpg&name=large (archived: https://archive.vn/xeia9) - Page 4 [ZH]
* “Escaped infected Danish mink could spread Covid in the wild” by Sophie Kevany https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/27/escaped-infected-danish-mink-could-spread-covid-in-wild [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* “Sweden 'got it wrong on herd immunity'” by Richard Orange https://news.yahoo.com/tegnells-predecessor-blames-wishful-thinking-124542136.html [EN]
* “The Sinister Fiction of Russian Aid to the COVID-Plagued World” by Michael Weiss https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sinister-fiction-of-russian-aid-to-the-covid-plagued-world [EN]
* “Nach dem Virus grassiert Rassismus” https://orf.at/stories/3162738/ [DE]
* “Man Behind Sweden’s Controversial Virus Strategy Admits Mistakes" by Rafaela Lindeberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/man-behind-sweden-s-virus-strategy-says-he-got-some-things-wrong [EN]
* “Doctors Behind Bars” by Alexey Shumkin https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/11/25/doctors-behind-bars [EN]; «В Беларуси продолжаются не только протесты, но и вторая волна коронавируса» Алексей Шумкин https://meduza.io/feature/2020/11/23/v-belarusi-prodolzhayutsya-ne-tolko-protesty-no-i-vtoraya-volna-koronavirusa [RU]
* "China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms" by Dake Kang https://apnews.com/article/china-virus-testing-secret-deals-firms-312f4a953e0264a3645219a08c62a0ad [EN]
* "China 'may use' coronavirus as cover for Uighur deaths in internment camps" https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/2/7/china-may-use-coronavirus-as-cover-for-uighur-deaths [EN]
* "Taiwan not invited to WHO meeting despite COVID-19 success" https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/taiwan-not-invite-to-who-meeting [EN]
* “Sweden failed to protect elderly in COVID pandemic, commission finds” by Johan Ahlander and Niklas Pollard https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-sweden-commission/sweden-failed-to-protect-elderly-in-covid-pandemic-commission-finds-idUSKBN28P1PP [EN]
* “UK on high alert for anti-vaccine disinformation from hostile states” by Helen Warrell https://www.ft.com/content/7502f1f1-e104-403d-975f-bedc6e518fe2 [EN] (archived: https://archive.vn/NOvK1, owned by Nikkei, Inc.)
* “Northern First Nations Look for Answers as Work Camps Bring the Virus” by Amanda Follett Hosgood https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/12/15/Work-Camps-Bring-Virus-Northern-First-Nations/ [EN]
* “Russia admits to world’s third-worst Covid-19 death toll” https://theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/russia-admits-to-world-third-worst-covid-19-death-toll-underreported [EN] (owned by Scott Trust Limited)
* “Russia admits COVID death toll third-worst in the world” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/29/russia-admits-covid-death-toll-third-worst-in-the-world [EN] (Qatari state-owned media with anti-Saudi geopolitics)
* “Martyn Brown: Horgan’s callous cut to the COVID income support supplement is unworthy of an NDP government” by Martyn Brown https://www.straight.com/news/martyn-brown-horgans-callous-cut-to-covid-income-support-supplement-is-unworthy-of-an-ndp [EN]
* “B.C. under fire for cutting COVID-19 financial help for seniors, people with disabilities” by Richard Zussman https://globalnews.ca/news/7523492/coronavirus-disability-benefit-reduction-bc/ [EN] (owned by Suncor Energy)
* "Turkey facing delayed China vaccine amid controversial extradition deal" https://www.arabnews.com/node/1784231/middle-east [EN]
* "China Jails Reporter Who Covered Wuhan Outbreak. Her Crime? Journalism." by William Yang https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8zm4/china-jails-reporter-who-covered-wuhan-outbreak-her-crime-journalism [EN] (prone to gonzo journalism)
* "Chinese citizen journalist detained after live-streaming on coronavirus from Wuhan" by Guo Rui https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3084882/chinese-citizen-journalist-detained-after-live-streaming (archived: https://archive.vn/jWtdn, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Missing Chinese citizen journalists highlight risks of telling Wuhan’s story during coronavirus outbreak" by Linda Lew https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050791/missing-chinese-citizen-journalists-highlight-risks-telling (archived: https://archive.vn/5nBaI, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Chinese scholar calls for political reform, criticising ‘tight control’ over Covid-19. A day later, police come for him" by William Zheng https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3083863/chinese-scholar-calls-political-reform-criticising-tight (archived: https://archive.vn/9jiV8) [EN] (owned by Alibaba)
* "Coronavirus: Chinese professor targeted after praising Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary " by Echo Xie https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3081765/coronavirus-chinese-professor-targeted-after-praising-fang (archived: https://archive.vn/3NTgO, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Chinese scholar Zhang Xuezhong returns home after questioning over call for political reform" by William Zheng https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3083962/chinese-scholar-zhang-xuezhong-returns-home-after-questioning (archived: https://archive.vn/p3P8L, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Li Wenliang: an ‘ordinary hero’ at the centre of the coronavirus storm " by Guo Rui and Jane Cai https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050733/li-wenliang-ordinary-hero-centre-coronavirus-storm (archived: https://archive.is/X0RTE, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Li Wenliang: Chinese academics call for justice for coronavirus whistle-blower" by Guo Rui https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3049634/li-wenliang-chinese-academics-call-justice-coronavirus-whistle (archived: https://archive.is/vGLkc, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Death of coronavirus doctor Li Wenliang becomes catalyst for ‘freedom of speech’ demands in China" by Josephine Ma and Jun Mai https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3049606/coronavirus-doctors-death-becomes-catalyst-freedom-speech (Archive: https://archive.is/hEJ2P, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Family in China who survived Wuhan’s coronavirus outbreak demands the truth over government’s slow actions" by Zhuang Pinghui https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3114061/family-china-who-survived-wuhans-coronavirus (archived: https://archive.vn/YCiSN, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* “NDP government quietly commissioned report into B.C. care home deaths, sat on information” Penny Daflos https://bc.ctvnews.ca/ndp-government-quietly-commissioned-report-into-b-c-care-home-deaths-sat-on-information-1.5276803 [EN]
* "Wuhan doctor: China authorities stopped me sounding alarm on Covid" by Helen Davidson https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/26/wuhan-doctor-china-authorities-stopped-me-sounding-alarm-on-covid (archived: https://archive.vn/WiA3q, owned by Scott Trust Limited) [EN]
* "Wuhan relatives 'being silenced' as WHO visits" https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1572651-20210127.htm [EN]
* "China played leading role in spreading Covid-19 conspiracies, investigation finds" https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3121788/china-played-leading-role-spreading-covid-19-conspiracies (archived: https://archive.vn/FHTdD, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Coronavirus death of whistleblower Li Wenliang sets Chinese social media on fire" by Oiwan Lam https://globalvoices.org/2020/02/07/coronavirus-death-of-whistleblower-li-wenliang-sets-chinese-social-media-on-fire/ [EN]
* "Chen Qiushi: A citizen journalist on the frontline of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak" by Oiwan Lam https://globalvoices.org/2020/02/06/chen-quishi-a-citizen-journalist-on-the-frontline-of-the-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak/ [EN]
* "China censors report of how authorities hid COVID-19 genome sequence test result for 14 days" by Oiwan Lam https://globalvoices.org/2020/03/02/china-censors-report-of-how-authorities-hid-covid-19-genome-sequence-test-result-for-14-days/ [EN]
* "独家|新冠病毒基因测序溯源：警报是何时拉响的" http://china.caixin.com/2020-02-26/101520972.html (archived: https://archive.is/untHJ) [ZH]
* "China considers mixing Covid-19 vaccines to offer more protection" by Josephine Ma https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3129053/china-considers-mixing-covid-19-vaccines-offer-more-protection (archived: https://archive.vn/3LisA, owned by Alibaba) [EN]
* "Meet the Activist-Doctor Who Has Become the Kremlin’s Loudest Coronavirus Critic" by Evan Gershkovich https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/04/04/meet-the-activist-doctor-who-has-become-the-kremlins-loudest-coronavirus-critic-a69846 [EN]

### **Magazine Articles**

* "The WHO Ignores Taiwan. The World Pays the Price." by Wilfred Chan https://www.thenation.com/article/world/taiwan-who-coronavirus-china/ [EN]
* "In China, GitHub Is a Free Speech Zone for Covid Information" by Yi-Ling Liu https://www.wired.com/story/china-github-free-speech-covid-information/ [EN]
* "Protecting the Truth About the Coronavirus in China" by Shen Lu https://www.thenation.com/article/world/china-journalism-coronavirus/ [EN]
* "Cracks in the System: COVID-19 in Chinese Prisons" by Zi Yang https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/cracks-in-the-system-covid-19-in-chinese-prisons/ [EN] (owned by Trans-Asia Inc.)
* “Sweden’s Covid-19 failures have exposed the myths of the lockdown-sceptics” by Neil O’Brien https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2020/12/sweden-s-covid-19-failures-have-exposed-myths-lockdown-sceptics [EN]
* “China’s Global Lockdown Propaganda Campaign” by Michael P. Senger https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/china-covid-lockdown-propaganda [EN] (owned by Nextbook, left-Zionist)

### **Blog Posts**

* "The Corona Crisis: A Letter from a Comrade in China - Did China Buy Time for the West?" https://angryworkersworld.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/the-corona-crisis-a-letter-from-a-comrade-in-china-did-china-buy-time-for-the-west/ [EN]

### **Documents**

* "新冠肺炎：內地傳媒深度報道選編（持續更新） 2019-nCoV: In-Depth Reports from Mainland News Outlets (Continuous Update)" https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RqYvfEbLhcyH8rhw0xLpjc2w0JqPBQINzj3ORE-Jka0/edit?ts=5e386661 [ZH, EN]
* “An appeal by Mr L.Slutsky, MP, to abandon the sanction policy in the face of COVID-19 pandemia” https://india.mid.ru/en/press-office/news/an\_appeal\_by\_mr\_slutsky/ [EN]
* “Wet’suwet’en Women Urge Dr. Bonnie Henry to Shut Down Industrial Camps Amid Covid Outbreaks” https://unistoten.camp/covidoutbreaks/ [EN]

### **Videos**

* Wuhan frontline medics get low quality PPE equipment https://twitter.com/badiucao/status/1221294502360436736 [0:00:31, ZH]
* "Heavy security as Chinese citizen journalist jailed for Wuhan virus reporting | AFP" uploaded by AFP News Agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5m9QYFCflA [0:00:47, ZH, EN]

### **Archived**

* https://archive.vn/jqyS6 - “Anecdote: Keyword “A0260W” is still blocked on Weibo. It was a license plate caught in scandal in early Feb’s Wuhan: a driver working for city gov went to a supply station without permission & took a case of masks for his boss, some officials (领导)...” [EN]
	+ Photo 1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiXnUbjWoAAOqQg?format=jpg&name=medium (archived: https://archive.vn/nqXE9) [ZH]
	+ Photo 2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiXnUbjXcAAJtmv?format=jpg&name=small (archived: https://archive.vn/WAIYn) [ZH]
* https://archive.vn/pnrCc - “It’s 5 am in China right now, but many people did not sleep tonight  — hashtag “I want freedom of speech” started to trend on Weibo from 1 am and now has nearly 2 million views.” [EN]
	+ Photo 1 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQHx1RcX0AEYgwl?format=jpg&name=large (archived: https://archive.vn/gijwD) [ZH]
	+ Photo 2 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQHx1SnWsBI7P5v?format=jpg&name=large (archived: https://archive.vn/Z2Wdw) [ZH]
* https://archive.vn/ybFKE [EN] - Iranian government cites *Global Research* as a source for coronavirus information
* https://archive.vn/TLDHO [EN] - Sweden’s failure to keep COVID infections low
* https://archive.is/HaFAj [EN] - geographical divides in COVID-19 distributions
* https://archive.vn/Kfzeb [EN] - *Global Times* admits Chinese government arrested doctors warning people about coronavirus
* https://archive.vn/qFBGI [ZH] - People in Tonghua, China, are struggling to get by under lockdown
	+ https://archive.vn/DugTo [ZH] - Photo 1
	+ https://archive.vn/QiV54 [ZH] - Photo 2
	+ https://archive.vn/4agjr [ZH] - Photo 3
	+ https://archive.vn/FzAUM [ZH] - Photo 4