Many Foxconn employees in Zhengzhou have returned home with their bags. Figure: Taken from Weibo
The outbreak of new coronal pneumonia in Zhengzhou city, Henan province recently hit Hon Hai Group’s Foxconn factory. According to reports from the Internet, Foxconn recently had cluster infections. Due to the fear of blocking and infection, there was a “Great Escape” collective incident, with a large number of employees. Walk for more than ten hours to get home. However, it coincided with the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and there was absolutely no relevant news in the mainstream media. Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, said: “The Zhengzhou mainstream media has practically lost their voice on the Foxconn incident. The media shouldn’t behave like this.”
The Foxconn outbreak in Zhengzhou, Henan Province occurred about two weeks ago. The local government closed the factory area and kept employees in the factory and dormitories to continue working. However, food and drinking water were insufficient and many employees could not bear it and began to “flee”. Some people walked for more than ten hours to get home and some people were sent back to their hometown for solitary confinement.
You can also see in the videos posted on the Internet that many people drag their suitcases and clothes and walk along the highway. There are kind-hearted people who put water and snacks on the roadside and there are many slogans like “Welcome Foxconn Kids Home”. According to Chinese media, the local government has sent a working group to Foxconn.
Hu Xijin wrote today (31) that the official Zhengzhou media has not yet reported and confirmed the relevant news, and the news of Foxconn’s “large number of runaway employees” has also been spread on the Internet by the media and mainstream media. in Zhengzhou did not intervene in the report.
Hu Xijin believes that the mainstream media in Zhengzhou should not remain silent for long on the Foxconn issue. This is very detrimental to the credibility of those media and does not favor Zhengzhou’s “management adjustment” of the Foxconn incident earlier.
Hu Xijin also said that the governing bodies in some parts of China are now too harsh with media reports: although their original intention was to “control negative reporting and maintain social stability”, in fact, doing so would hurt more. that good, and it would also benefit the “journalistic propaganda of the Party leaders.” The mechanistic misunderstanding of work. “Hu Xijin said that local media should be responsible for safeguarding the party leadership and the country’s fundamental political system and safeguarding the fundamental interests of the people, rather than being guided by the specific needs of various local government departments.
Hu Xijin also said Foxconn denied the rumor that “20,000 people were infected” on the 26th, but the mainstream media was “limited and unable to speak,” which obviously aggravated the confusion.
Hu Xijin said the loss of voice from local mainstream media is not an isolated phenomenon in China. Now that sensitive events have occurred in various places, press conferences are often held under the supervision of the central government. “There is obviously an inertia to disclose sensitive information in a timely manner and this trend should be taken seriously.” Hu Xijin stressed that most of the negative and negative information should be disclosed and reported by the official and mainstream media, rather than letting the field of public opinion on the Internet become the main force of exposure. The same active reporting by the mainstream and mainstream media contains official value judgments, which are different from the effect on public opinion of those incidents exposed on the Internet.
Hu Xijin said that the Chinese government considers the people at the center and, even if there are loopholes in the work, there is no need to hide it. He also encouraged local officials “they should be fully confident, have a high degree of trust in the mainstream media and encourage them to let go of their jobs.”
The new coronal pneumonia epidemic recently broke out in Zhengzhou city, Henan province, directly affecting Hon Hai Group’s Foxconn factory. According to Internet news, Foxconn recently had cluster infections. Due to the fear of contracting the epidemic, large numbers of employees walked for more than ten hours to return home.
Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, said: “The Zhengzhou mainstream media has practically lost their voice on the Foxconn incident. The media shouldn’t behave like this.”
However, it coincided with the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and there was absolutely no relevant news in the mainstream media.
Enthusiasts put water on and pointed to Foxconn factory employees, and you can even see slogans like “Welcome Foxconn Children Home.” Figure: Flip WeChat
