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Xi Jinping visits Wuhan amid drop in COVID-19 cases in China
UPI ^ | March 10, 2020 | By Darryl Coote

Posted on 03/10/2020 7:19:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a surprise visit on Tuesday to Wuhan, ground zero of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, as the number of COVID-19 infections nationwide continues to drop.

China's official media The People's Daily reported that Xi arrived Tuesday morning in Wuhan, a city of some 11 million people that has been under lockdown for over a month due to the COVID-19 outbreak, to inspect work being done to contain the virus' spread.

Xi was also scheduled to visit medical workers, military commanders, soldiers, patients and residents of Wuhan during his visit, the paper said.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; communism; virus; wuhan

President Xi Jinping visits patients who are being treated for coronavirus by video calls at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, on Tuesday.

1 posted on 03/10/2020 7:19:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hello, Comrade. Do you need more soup?


2 posted on 03/10/2020 7:21:49 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Did he increase their weekly ration of Chocolate?


3 posted on 03/10/2020 7:25:47 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We don’t believe 90% of the blather that comes out of our own MSM but we’re supposed to take press releases from Communist China like they came out of a burning bush?


4 posted on 03/10/2020 7:29:17 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: usconservative
Nice 1984 reference.


5 posted on 03/10/2020 7:29:29 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Betting he is flying over and waving.


6 posted on 03/10/2020 7:30:11 AM PDT by oldasrocks (Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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To: usconservative

No but I hear that there will be a bat or snake in every pot due to the surplus.


7 posted on 03/10/2020 7:38:47 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Body double?

Or did the CCP send him there on purpose?


8 posted on 03/10/2020 7:49:56 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just plain dumb...


9 posted on 03/10/2020 8:06:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

Here comes the second wave.


10 posted on 03/10/2020 8:06:53 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

#1 He visits patients in a nearly empty room wearing a facemask and viewing them thru a tv set. Might as well stayed home.


11 posted on 03/10/2020 8:33:17 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound

Not exactly Mao swimming in the Yangtze River, is it?


12 posted on 03/10/2020 8:35:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I’d like to see the president of India swimming in the Ganges river and pushing aside the dead people floating down stream....


13 posted on 03/10/2020 8:39:03 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He is facing a screen.


14 posted on 03/10/2020 8:43:18 AM PDT by Ning_England
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To: Ning_England

Makes sense.

China has turned a corner in fighting the disease and like all politicians XI wants to take political credit for the good news.

And Chinese workers are gradually returning to their jobs.


15 posted on 03/10/2020 9:02:56 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever po)
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To: goldstategop

Makes sense.

China has turned a corner in fighting the disease and like all politicians XI wants to take political credit for the good news.

And Chinese workers are gradually returning to their jobs.
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I hope that is the case. But, even if it isn’t, we would be getting the same report out of China. There needs to be a way of corroborating the “Coronavirus Good New” they are reporting. I wish I knew how to do that.

So for now I remain skeptical but hopeful.


16 posted on 03/10/2020 9:17:56 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

China simply stopped reporting new cases. That’s all.


17 posted on 03/10/2020 10:34:46 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: MeganC

The old no news is good news gambit.


18 posted on 03/10/2020 10:44:41 AM PDT by xp38
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To: goldstategop

Yup.

And stupid enough trying to blame U.S for the outbreak.


19 posted on 03/10/2020 1:55:23 PM PDT by Ning_England
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