While China’s lengthy and difficult lockdown shows no sign of abating, telecom authorities in many provinces recently stopped cellphone calls and text messages from outside the mainland, including from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, saying it is necessary to prevent fraudulent calls.
The move adds to concerns over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expanding its lockdown and quickly closing the country’s doors, Sheng Xue, a Canada-based Chinese writer, told The Epoch Times’ sister media NTD on May 15.
“Obviously, the CCP is deliberately secluding the country and cutting off contact between Chinese people and the outside world,” said Sheng.
According to Chinese official media Xinhua on May 15, customers in Zhejiang Province have already received a message from China Mobile saying Zhejiang Mobile will, by default, halt receipt of international, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan calls “in order to combat foreign fraudulent calls.”…