Health Code System Crashes in China’s Xi’an, Causing Panic

Health Code System Crashes in China’s Xi’an, Causing Panic
A resident undergoes a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 in Xi'an, northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province on Jan. 4, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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The health code system crashed in current China’s COVID-19 outbreak center—Xi’an city—on Jan. 4. The 13 million residents then couldn’t receive a nucleic acid test which is mandated by the regime and went into panic.

On the early morning of Jan. 5, the Xi’an city government announced that Liu Jun, the director of the city’s Big Data Resources Administration which manages the health code system, was dismissed, and Liu Xin, a candidate to deputy director of the administration, was appointed to lead the government agency temporarily.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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