No Cause Given for Deaths of High-Ranking Officials and Celebrities in China

No Cause Given for Deaths of High-Ranking Officials and Celebrities in China
Patients lie on beds in a hallway in the emergency department of Zhongshan Hospital, amid a COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 3, 2023. Staff/Reuters
Ellen Wan
Olivia Li
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Between Aug. 22, 2023, and Sept. 8, 2023, at least 19 high-ranking officials and celebrities passed away in China in just 18 days. All of them were members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The Chinese regime has largely stopped the customary practice of mentioning the cause of death in obituaries, as the actual death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is being kept as a state secret.

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