A former Olympic medalist tells us his experience at the Beijing Games and why he spoke out on the regime’s forced organ harvesting at a press conference, next to Chinese police. Unemployment data is in, and one out of every seven Chinese citizens has no stable job. Chinese authorities have a new name for the…
China’s Harshest Lockdown Yet Tests Its ‘Zero-COVID’ Playbook
The first man set out from Xi’an, China, on foot and walked eight days and seven nights across snowy mountains, pacing around to warm himself amid the bitter winds and sleeping only when the sun came out—until suspicious villagers tipped off the police. The second hopped on a shared bike, cycling for more than 10…
Living With China’s Strict COVID-19 Measures
Chinese health authorities are welding people’s doors shut, locking people inside with steel chains, and lining hallways with barbed wire. The tactics seek to block people from leaving their homes. Beijing’s zero-COVID policy is an effort to completely eliminate the virus from inside Chinese borders. We look at what it really means for Chinese citizens….
Killing of Healthy Pet Dog Under Zero-Covid Policy Evokes Public Anger
A Chinese online video revealed how local epidemic prevention workers brutally beat a pet dog to death during the disinfection of a quarantined resident’s home. Following the release of the video online, condemnations flooded in over the brutality of the local administration. Ms. Fu, the owner of a corgi, saw her dog had been beaten…
Trapped in a ‘Dead’ City: The Cost of China’s Zero-COVID Policy
He may be short in years, but not so with his COVID-19 testing record. At barely 2 years of age, the boy was born at a time of great upheaval—in January 2020 at the start of the pandemic, just days after Beijing instituted lockdown policies following a weeks-long delay in admitting the severity of the…
China Persists In COVID Zero Policy, Detains Teacher Who Suggested ‘Try to Co-Exist’
Chinese debate on “co-exist with the virus” vs “COVID Zero” ended on Aug. 11, when a teacher was detained for 15 days after suggesting the country should try the “co-exist” policy. After the police announced the detention, Chinese netizens kept silent on social media platforms and only posted voices supporting the regime’s strict control. The…
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