The fire in Urumqi caused serious casualties and caused public dissatisfaction to erupt.

(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] A fire broke out in a residential building in Urumqi, Xinjiang on the evening of the 24th, and it was reported that the community's excessive epidemic prevention hindered disaster relief, causing at least 10 people (another rumored 44 people) to be buried in the fire cave, triggering a storm of public opinion.

In this regard, Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, also expressed his opposition to the strict blockade, emphasizing that keeping a large number of citizens in the community for several months is beyond people's tolerance.

Hu Xijin said straight to the point on his Weibo page, "Accelerating the unblocking of low-risk communities is the root of alleviating public opinion in Xinjiang."

He said that although the official press conference in Urumqi clarified many rumors, many people were still in a state of excitement and would not be satisfied with this kind of press conference that read the manuscript and did not ask questions from reporters.

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Hu Xijin believes that it is impossible to calm the public sentiment in a short while, the most important thing is to adjust the epidemic prevention and speed up the unblocking of low-risk communities, because "locking a large number of citizens in the community for several months is really beyond the capacity of people He emphasized that this is the source of public dissatisfaction. Coupled with the deaths and injuries caused by the fire, "the public grievances accumulated over the long-term blockade will resonate with it, forming a bigger tsunami of public opinion."

Hu Xijin said that he believes that as long as the Urumqi government makes adjustments to the long-term lockdown and the people recover after seeing the actual actions, many problems will be solved.