China shuts down website for criticizing the government’s stance on traditional medicine to cure COVID-19


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Authorities in China on Thursday shut down a website for criticizing the government's stance in favor of using traditional medicine and other natural remedies to deal with the coronavirus. The health platform Dingxiang Yuan has been blocked by the regulatory authorities, so it will not be able to disseminate articles through its social networks, sources close to the matter have revealed to the newspaper 'Nikkei Asia'. The website -- which has millions of followers -- was used to uncover 'fake news' and debunk information about possible treatments for COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases. The authorities have indicated, however, that the...