Xi'an Residents Told to Censor Themselves as Complaints Rise Over Harsh Lockdown: Report

Guards stand at an entrance to a residential compound in Xi'an, in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province on Jan. 5, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images

A Chinese social media group in Xi'an has ordered the users not to share negative information about the harsh COViD-19 rules, according to media reports. Violators will lose their accounts.

On the early morning of Jan. 5, some Xi’an residents received an announcement on Chinese social media WeChat, telling them to self-censor the information they share online, Radio Free Asia reported on Wednesday.