Posted on 07/22/2021 8:37:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Seasonal monsoons are flooding major Chinese cities, leading to extensive civilian casualties and widespread destruction of property. Information about the disaster is increasingly difficult to come by, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ramps up censorship of any content that it deems contains “negative energy.”
By July 22, the Chinese regime announced that 33 people have died from the flooding, with eight missing. But videos recorded by locals suggest much a higher figure. Chinese netizens, meanwhile, have taken to social media demanding the regime reveal the true death toll.
During recent rescue efforts, bodies were found in a submerged tunnel of the worst-hit city thus far, Zhengzhou, on July 22. Zhengzhou is home to over 12 million people, and the capital of central China’s Henan Province.
While locals demand transparency, the regime has been busying itself promoting so-called positive energy propaganda programs. Such content includes those praising party officials, the military, and rescue efforts. In turn, online censors have swooped in to quickly remove any content deemed to carry “negative energy,” such as footage captured by locals documenting the destruction and calling for official accountability.
Videos showed that hundreds of cars were trapped inside a highway tunnel in Zhengzhou that was submerged in floodwater. Some drivers and passengers’ bodies still sat inside the vehicles.
Five minutes was all it took for the tunnel to be inundated, according to those who survived on July 20. Water reached nearly 20 feet deep (six meters) in the 2.6 mile (4.3 km) long tunnel. “The water rose so fast. The chance of surviving was only ten percent!” said a female driver, surnamed Yang, according to the private Chinese media platform Toutiao.
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They did the exact same thing last year.
Spanish armada. A storm saved England centuries ago. Then there was the divine wind that saved Japan. Will this act of God save us from WW3?
Are they going to release UFO stories too?
I live on an island that is 10,430 km2 and has a little under 200 thousand people on it and I think it is crowded.
That Chinese city has 762.41 km2 and over 6.7 million people!
Get out of cities!
No accountability. No free speech.
Communists will never address this yearly problem because they don’t have to.
You mean like—————DEMOCRATS?
My Mandarin is very rusty. But I didn’t keep up with his words. Color me skeptical.
Last year they had streets running like rivers...this year they have rapids.
That Chinese city has 762.41 km2 and over 6.7 million people!
Get out of cities!
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There are no jobs outside of Chinese cities, unless one wishes to live in rural poverty.
“Negative energy”
Is that something like “problematic content “?
LOL, the next town over is a small town of 590 million people!
Usually their govt likes people ratting each other out with cell phone videos, and give rewards.
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