//A United Nations Weibo post of Tedros’ comments was removed from the Twitter-like platform shortly after being posted. The United Nations and Weibo did not respond to requests for comment. WeChat, another platform, disabled sharing of a similar U.N. post, citing a “violation of rules.”
“It shows that Beijing has zero tolerance on anyone who challenges its COVID-zero policy,” Fang Kecheng, a Chinese media researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said about the censorship.
“This issue has been entirely politicized and any dissenting opinion would be considered as challenging the top leadership.” //
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