Daughter of Former Top Chinese Official Denounces Draconian COVID Measures

Xie Xiaoqin, daughter of a former Communist Party official, denounces the Chinese regime's extreme COVID measures, in a still from a video posted by Gan Jing World. Gan Jing World/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A video posted by the daughter of a former Communist Party official went viral on Chinese social media for defying Beijing’s zero-COVID policy.

Xie Xiaoqin is the daughter of Gen. Xie Fuzhi (1909-1972), who also served as the vice premier and minister of public security of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Mao Zedong era.

In the video made available on Dec. 6, she warned the COVID policy enforcers to abide by the Chinese constitution.

“Anyone who violates the constitution and science, and tries to kill my cat, or drag me to a quarantine facility, I will tell you firmly: The constitution gives me my rights; if you want to break into my home, let me tell you, I have the right to defend myself,” she said.

In the video, Xie picked up a knife and warned those who enforce the “measures against humanity and conscience” that they will be “greeted with a kitchen knife” if they forced their way inside her home.

She picked up another knife and said that those who violate the law, break into homes, or enforce the law violently will be greeted with a pair of kitchen knives.

“I am already 75 years old. I don’t fear death. Villains, come and be the sacrifices.”

Xie is the former chief editor of the Chinese magazine Dangdai Bimonthly, which operates under the state publisher People’s Literature Publishing House.

Her video is blocked on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.

A Corgi dog is killed by a COVID enforcer staff on the streets in eastern Shanghai, China, on April 6, 2022. Chinese social media/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

Extreme COVID Measures

During the May lockdown in Shanghai, the authorities sent infected residents to quarantine centers and dispatched staff, also known as the “white guards,” to disinfect homes. Numerous reports and videos revealed how disinfection was conducted, such as by discarding items in the refrigerators and beating pets to death.

Cai Xia, a dissident and former professor at the CCP’s Central Party School in Beijing, reposted Xie’s video on Twitter and commented, “Whoever breaks into a private home without going through legal procedures and without issuing formal legal documents, no matter who it is, the homeowner has the right to fight back in self-defense.”

A Chinese netizen responded: “A second-generation red, an old lady, fears nothing; what’s there to worry about for the youngsters? Protect the families from the intruding white guards. It’s a justifiable defense.”

Another netizen said: “Even a second generation of the high-ranking cadre [Xie Fuzhi] was forced to defend herself. This society has collapsed.”

The harsh COVID rules have made life difficult for tens of millions for the past two years. Late last month, protests erupted across the country in response to a high-rise fire that killed at least 10 people in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. The residents were trapped in the building as the city was locked down for more than 100 days.

The “white paper” movement saw students from dozens of universities across China protest against the extreme pandemic measures by holding up a piece of blank paper, demanding authorities lift the lockdowns, and calling for the CCP and its leader, Xi Jinping, to step down.