Zhang Yiwu: What does it mean for the Western media to clear zero and change their mouths?

Source: Global Times

Recently, some Western mainstream media have set off a "wave of change of mouth". They have been advocating "coexistence with the virus" and accusing "zero clearance" for half a year, which is not feasible, and admit that various epidemic prevention methods have their own reasons. Although he still holds the pipa and half covers his face, he admits the effect of "clearing zero" after all.

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For example, the BBC article said, "There is no perfect decision-making, but it is a trade-off between different 'gains and losses'", "'zero clearance' and 'coexistence' are good", "China is big enough, and the internal unified market can provide impetus for economic recovery". Another example is the New York Times article that said, "So far, the 'zero clearance' policy has paid off." The article also cites Chinese research, arguing that if the "coexistence" of the West is adopted, China's daily new cases will reach 630,000, which will make society unbearable, and laments that the impact of Aumetic Kron has made "zero clearance" more effective.

These Western media have changed their mouths in unison, no longer insisting that "coexistence" with the virus is the only way for mankind to fight the new crown epidemic, which is "helpless to spend", which is the result of the fact that it is a face-punching. On the one hand, they had hoped that after "coexistence" with the virus, it would have a good effect in the economy and society. But the fact is that half a year later, the economies of Western countries are still riding a "roller coaster" with the epidemic. On the other hand, China's effective control of the epidemic "dynamic zeroing" measures have formed a set of effective methods, successfully coped with the impact of multiple rounds of the epidemic, and achieved stable social and economic development.

More importantly, the impact caused by the Omiljung mutant strain has now spread to nearly 40 countries and regions, although the harmfulness still needs to be further observed, but its strong transmission ability is beyond doubt, and the possibility of serious consequences in the future cannot be avoided. Western countries have also begun to take some stricter prevention and control measures, and Japan, Israel and other countries have even categorically refused to allow foreigners to enter the country, which also shows that the uncertainty of the development of the epidemic has brought a strong sense of anxiety to these countries, which is equivalent to declaring the failure of "coexistence". These facts make the Western media unable to avoid, and no matter how they flicker, they can only deceive themselves, punch themselves to the point where there is no face to fight, and form a reaction to themselves and society, so they have no choice but to cover up the existence of the facts.

Not acting in accordance with objective laws, selling one's own set of solutions that have clearly exposed serious problems to other countries, and finally being ruthlessly denied by the facts. This shows that the news media disregard the facts, only start from their own ideas, and ultimately lose their credibility. (The author is a professor at Peking University)