Tag: COVID

China Trolls the World

Commentary And then just like that, COVID controls are gone in China. So far as we can tell, it has all come to an end, without explanation and of course without apology. For almost 3 years now, China has faced random and draconian lockdowns and testing requirements, complete with extreme quarantines, all based on the…


Multiple Chinese Government Agencies Close Down Temporarily Due to Surge in COVID Infections

Several Chinese government organizations, including police stations, pandemic control centers, and judicial offices, are closed down temporarily amid a COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across China. Some claim that the majority of their staff have tested positive for COVID, according to the Chinese language edition of The Epoch Times, which reached out to a few agencies on…


NTD Good Morning (Dec. 26): China Estimates 248M Covid Cases in 20 Days: Reports; Illegal Immigrants Bused to VP Harris’ Home

China could be experiencing the largest COVID outbreak in the world. The numbers leaked from a meeting of the country’s top health body. Bus-loads of illegal immigrants were dropped off at the home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve in sub-zero temperatures. They were originally headed to New York but their bus was diverted to Washington DC…


China Sets Strict Definition for Death by COVID-19

The Chinese National Health Commission has set the standards for death by COVID-19, and analysts believe they could cut down the true counts of death by COVID-19 because they are so strict. At a press conference on Dec. 20, Wang Guiqiang, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, indicated that only…


China Sets Strict Definition for Death by COVID

The Chinese National Health Commission has set the standards for death by COVID-19, and analysts believe they could cut down the true counts of death by COVID-19 because they are so strict. At a press conference on Dec. 20, Wang Guiqiang, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, indicated that only…


COVID-19 Symptoms Much Worse Than Those of Influenza: Chinese Patients

While a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across China, Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said on Dec. 15 that COVID-19 should be renamed “COVID flu,” as current variant Omicron’s fatality rate “has dropped to a very low [level]” and is equivalent to that of the “seasonal flu,” according to…


Translator of Mao’s Writings Among Peking University Academics Who Have Died of ‘Illness’ During COVID Surge

As COVID-19 sweeps through China, more than a dozen of professors at Peking University are reported to have died of “illnesses.” Fan Hefang, an associate professor at the Institute of Foreign Languages at Peking University, is among those who passed away. According to an obituary released by the academic institution on Dec. 21, Fan died…


Crematory Overrun in Beijing’s Southeastern District, Burning 150 Bodies Daily: Reports

A crematory in the Tongzhou District of Beijing announced a limit to bodies of non-residents, according to Beijing Youth Daily Thursday. The crematory has to “maintain cremation equipment” and accepts a maximum of 20 bodies daily from people who don’t have district residence certificates and have died in hospitals outside of the district, a notice…


US Officials: COVID-19, Bomb Cyclone Won’t Slow Santa’s Travels

The U.S. military agency known for tracking Santa Claus as he delivers presents on Christmas Eve doesn’t expect COVID-19 or the “ bomb cyclone ” hitting North America to affect Saint Nick’s global travels. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is responsible for monitoring and defending the skies above North America. But the Colorado…


China Estimates 248 Million People Infected with COVID in 20 Days: Reports

As many as 37 million people are contracting COVID-19 in a single day in China, according to leaked minutes from a meeting of the country’s top health body confirmed by multiple news outlets. In the first 20 days of December, 248 million people—accounting for about 18 percent of the population—were likely to have been infected…