Residents under lockdown in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, shouted at Sun Chunlan: "Fake, fake, everything is fake."
A top-ranking Chinese official was heckled during a visit to Wuhan, showing that the coronavirus is testing the Communist Party's grip on power.
Xinhua said Sun responded to"difficulties and problems raised by the residents on the spot," but did not mention the heckling. Story continuesSun is in charge of the central government's epidemic-control work in the city of Wuhan, where the epidemic broke out.
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