‘Let’s Not Shake Hands’: Xi Jinping Tours Beijing Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Time for people to consider plant based diets!!! Except for Ebola, it's almost always China at the epicenter of new viral infections. And like Ebola, all linked to the slaughter of exotic animals, in markets where people buy and eat almost anything that walks, crawls or swims. I wonder why you never have these pandemics originating in India, which is poorer and just as populated as China?

Someone needs to address the issue of masks.Few of the masks seen in reports are N-95 type required to protect against airborne viruses.Proper instruction and testing for leakage must be performed on each user and these masks are not meant to be worn continuously as they are to be discarded when they become moist from breathing.The simple ear loop masks worn by most are useless placebos.Best to cover coughs and sneezes and wash your hands as often as possible.

No one wearing gloves? That’s very scary!

World can learn many good things from india to remain healthy and avoid these virus attack. 1. no hand shakes .say namaste . 2. eat plant base food. 3, keep meat away from other food items. 4. no raw meat eating . 5. eat only well cooked meat . 6. do not eat female animal and many more simple ideas .

Remember when people made fun of the Pope, becouse he pulled his hand away, and did not want people to kiss his ring? That was not so long ago.

The Mexico man said there in it they they do anything they want to do with it, but there is othing HERE he have know who to See for IT,,

China is under attack by a deadly virus, again. President Xi Jinping is doing the right thing – voicing moral support and empathy for the medical workers and the people. The International community should be thankful the whole country has mobilized for protection. There are plenty of air, water, and health hazards out in the world. But in a country known for weak regulations, now is the time to call for democratic leadership. The CCP’s push for wealth and power has created a corrupt system skewed toward financial gain. The leaders are patriots, but the system is corrupt. The death of Dr Li symbolizes what is wrong in China. The Chinese rights lawyers need to be brought to leadership status to adjust the constitution to protect people not just the government.

Here are the pertinent statistics about the Corona Virus from WHO: 80% of the cases are mild needing no hospitalization 15% require hospitalization but will recover 3%-5% of people will need intensive care 2% of cases are fatal Most people are saying that Xi made the right call and his quarantines, though drastic may have given scientists and experts around the world enough time to keep this from getting much worse and Dr. Li Wenliang is a hero of not just China but the world.

Having lives in China on two occasions, I know there is little, if any, empathy for the hundreds of millions commoners. Their only contact with authority are police and other behavior enforcers. This is a police state writ large, with zero contact with ordinary people, save for "troublemakers" through state surveillance.

Have the millions of Chinese workers who left for their home villages for the extended Lunar New Year now (apart from those in province Hubei) been allowed to return to the cities in which they work?

Regardless of how well educated their doctors and researches are educated and trained, when your government is lead by people as obviously incompetent as Xi Jinping and run by the type of political hacks the comprise the Chinese "communist" party there is no way anyone can have any degree of confidence that this outbreak is being handled appropriately.

Trump needs to go to China ASAP to lend his support. He should visit Wuhan and go to hospitals to comfort patients hands-on, tour local markets, eat the the local retaurants, pet a pangolin. Show some solidarity!

Ummmm.....everybody wears masks. How about gloves? Infection control authorities, where are you? This nurse looks at this like - what?

It would not be surprising if China executes more people than the ones who died from the virus so as to ‘prevent’ another outbreak.

"He [Xi] also called the outbreak a “people’s war.”" Yes, except that Xi and the Communist Party are the enemy of the Chinese people; the coronavirus simply made that distinction clear.

"Let’s not shake hands in this special time,” Mr. Xi. How ironic! Oh but a few months ago he all but proclaimed himself near immortal...and to be worshipped by Christians, Muslims and Buddhists. 'Xi Jinping’s personality cult is reaching unparalleled heights as his portraits replace religious symbols not only in places of worship but believers’ homes too...' - Bitter Winter December 2019 https://bitterwinter.org/believers-forced-to-worship-chinas-only-god-president-xi/

This is a scam to sell medical masks and hand sanitizers.

Has anyone addressed the need to increase food safety standards in China? It would appear that the investment to change current practices would be less costly than containing an outbreak, again. Food safety is used as a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent food-borne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak.[1] This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potential health hazards. In this way, food safety often overlaps with food defense to prevent harm to consumers. The tracks within this line of thought are safety between the industry and the market and then between the market and the consumer. In considering industry to market practices, food safety considerations include the origins of food including the practices relating to food labeling, food hygiene, food additives, and pesticide residues, as well as policies on biotechnology and food and guidelines for the management of governmental import and export inspection and certification systems for foods. In considering market to consumer practices, the usual thought is that food ought to be safe in the market and the concern is safe delivery and preparation of the food for the consumer. Just asking.

We still can't trust either the number of infections, nor the number of deaths. This means the lethality and the rate of spread of the infection has a large error component. We do not know what we are fighting. Reports continue to describe people with symptoms who can't get get tested because of test kit shortages--even deaths from the symptoms are not counted without a confirming test. China needs to allow medical professionals to make a diagnosis without the test based symptoms and proximity to others who have had the flu until there is an abundance of test kits. We do not know when people become capable of spreading the disease. Specifically, we do not know if people with no symptoms can be spreaders. A number of the fatalities have been fairly young and healthy. There is also a pattern of people getting sick, starting to recover, then hitting a relapse days later. Are we seeing the same victim pattern of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that claimed many young, healthy people? In that epidemic, the body's own immune system began attacking the body, and those with the strongest immune systems were most strongly (and sometimes fatally) attacked. There appears to be far more we do not know than we do know.

“showed him on what state media declared the “front line” of China’s efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic — even if the actual center of the outbreak lies 600 miles south in the city of Wuhan” Sometime I really hate journalists throwing shades. Later in the article it says Beijing have 300+ cases but no, that’s not frontline. Look up how long it took Obama to visit Flint after the water crisis and that thing don’t travel. To always portray Chinese leaders as uncaring is just not objective reporting

Where is Xi? Xi Jinping? He’s on tour Tours Beijing Here’s the thing Xi Jinping rarely mingles with the public Is Xi scared he might catch shingles? No. Xi’s trying to deal with a crisis Fearing the Coronavirus May be true l think it’s so Wherever Xi may go He prefers to stay on video As he spoke to workers in Wuhan Xi thinks he helps the situation By saying ‘Let’s not shake hands’ Don’t think that Xi understands The crisis that is in his nation

Have they permanently closed all the markets that sell “wild” animals like the bats that started this problem?

Authoritarian games, again. The fearless, omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent leader comes down to see what is afflicting the masses to assure all that his people have it all in hand and will restore peace and harmony. Same mindset as these kinds of people have relied upon to remain in control regardless of the circumstances. When they cannot affect nature they sacrifice people to appease the invisible divine powers behind it all. China has no tradition of government that can adapt to the unknown.

What Xi should do is fly to Wuhan and meet the family of the whistle-blower doctor. If he could not even offer a symbolic gesture like that, the legitimacy of his party will always be in doubt.

Actually, shaking hands is a terribly unhygenic practice that we need to end. The Japanese learned this ages ago, which is, in part, where bowing originated, and why in the middle-ages their cities were scrupulously clean - regular bathing, laundry and general cleaning - while the rest of us were living as proverbial pigs in the muck. Yes, I know they do shake hands but that's generally reserved for the more intimate circle of friends. Recall the ad for Canada's Science World, "Shaking hands spreads more germs then kissing" - look it up on Youtube.

“Let’s not shake hands” seems like the perfect headline for nearly half of the news today, esp related to politics, business, and health. A sad commentary for these times.

It seems that throughout this health crisis, the NYT has been focused on politicizing the events to attack Xi and the Chinese government. The big picture is that China launched an unprecedented mobilization and containment efforts, including building up hospitals in under a week and calling up the military to provide aid. Such efforts couldn't have proceeded without Xi's involvement. Evan a China novice can deduce that. They demonstrated what's not possible elsewhere can be accomplished under their system. The overall response has in fact be highly commended by WHO.

A) How do we know it's really Xi? B) It's more than Donald "Ouch! My bone spur!" Trump would do.

If China is serious about identifying and reducing the risks causing the virus, why is it refusing to allow US experts to visit?

which picture tells us what is really going on in china? the one of the president in a mask visiting people in public and having his temp taken or his corona virus police dragging people suspects of having the virus from their homes and putting then in metal boxes? most will agree it is the one of the police.

No matter the issue: Hong Kong, coronavirus, workers' rights, free speech, the Chinese government a classic oligarchy, will invariably opt to preserve its power. It still uses Chinese remembrance of Western colonialism in the Far East as one reason, among many others, for its expansionism in foreign policy and its suppression at home. It's a lousy reason for running an airline but so far it's working. And Trump, ever the policy dullard, is letting it happen.

Lessons in disease control and morale-building aside, let's all take this as an example of right and proper deference and obedience to The Leader. -C

That’s surely a body double behind that mask.

I guess Xi is feeling political pressure to be present. There have been serious mistakes made in the response to the virus.

A scarey time in China i dont have sympathy for the Chinese government but hope the Chinese people get through this well and safe

The CCP leadership operating through various proxies has certainly mobilized en masse, but has anyone whispered in Emperor Xi’s ears that they need to identify the reservoir and amplifying animals in order to be more surgical in their mitigation and quarantine efforts.

I would loved to see wash his hands! That is the most important thing to do, not masks!

I am sure Xi Jinping is well informed about the corona virus but like Canute who tried to hold back the tide this outbreak will not be held back or denied.

The first thing my doctor told me was "don't shake hands". This is a nasty habit that should cease. A fist bump maybe, but placing one's hand into your hand as a greeting is unwise, whether it's flu season or any other season for that matter.

"How much do the vegetables cost?" Nothing says "out of touch" like having to ask this question.

Thee number one important thing re not getting a flu or virus. Do not shake hands especially in flu season. It amazes me how many people do it. Even at a senior center, where I go, guests and staff want to shake your hand.