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Chinese City Offers $15,000 Reward for Snitching on Gatherings

Chinese City Offers $15,000 Reward for Snitching on Gatherings
Residents are receiving nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on Aug. 3, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Dorothy Li
8/6/2021|Updated: 8/6/2021
An eastern city has become the first in China to offer significant financial rewards to people who report public gatherings. Authorities across the nation are scrambling to contain new outbreaks of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, also known as COVID-19, especially with more breakthrough cases emerging.

Officials in Tai’an city, in China’s coastal Shandong Province, paid a resident $15,000 on Aug. 3. The individual reported a company group training in a hotel on July 30, according to local state media.

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