Video of Chinese Officials Confiscating Supplies From Grocery Store in Virus-Hit City Sparks Outrage

Video of Chinese Officials Confiscating Supplies From Grocery Store in Virus-Hit City Sparks Outrage
This photo taken on Feb. 20, 2020 shows market supervision administer checking eggs in a supermarket as they monitor the price of commodities during the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Huaibei in China's eastern Anhui province. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Cathy He
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Surveillance footage of local officials allegedly looting a grocery store in a city within China’s virus epicenter has triggered a wave of anger online.

On Feb. 19, a shopkeeper from Ezhou City in Hubei Province posted on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, surveillance footage from his store showing several local government officers entering the premises, grabbing piles of supplies on display and behind the counter, and walking out with them.

Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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