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…
Trapped in a ‘Dead’ City: The Cost of China’s Zero-COVID Policy
November 15, 2021
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200-Day Lockdown, No Subsidies, Chinese Workers Devastated
October 29, 2021
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Workers in Ruili, China’s gateway to Burma (also known as Myanmar) in Yunnan Province, are not just rattled, they are devastated, as they lose their livelihoods because of a prolonged COVID-19 lockdown. Some said both their hopes and savings have been drained since the city started its restrictions in late March. “I filled out a…
7-Month COVID-19 Lockdown Leaves a Chinese City Devastated
Workers in China’s gateway to Burma (also known as Myanmar) in Yunnan Province are devastated as they lose their livelihoods because of a prolonged COVID-19 lockdown. Some said both their hopes and savings have been drained since the city started its restrictions in late March. “I filled out a lot of [application] forms but only…
China Border City Locked Down for a Year, Regime Not Supporting Residents Who Are Subsisting on Savings
The Chinese regime has had residents in Ruili, the border city with Burma, locked down for almost a year as a means to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in China, but it hasn’t given them enough support. A local resident told The Epoch Times on Sept. 2 that he hasn’t been able to work for most…
Chinese City Launches New Round of COVID-19 Testing Despite Alleged High Vaccination Rate
Authorities in Ruili announced that they would carry out a new round of local COVID-19 testing on July 20, after the city had allegedly achieved a vaccination rate of nearly 97 percent. Residents are now told to stay quarantined at home. On Wednesday, China’s National Health Commission confirmed 22 new COVID cases across the country…
China Border City to Burma Tightens COVID-19 Travel Restriction Again
China’s border city to Burma closed its main point of entry Monday morning due to new COVID-19 infections, coming a day after the Delta variant was detected in the region. The city’s top health department reported three locally transmitted CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases on Sunday after mass testing. But the city’s mayor warned of…
COVID-19 Cases Keep Emerging in Southwest China, Despite Authorities’ ‘Zero Infections’ Claim
Since a new wave of COVID-19 broke out in China’s Yunnan Province last month, local infection cases continue to be reported. More locally transmitted cases have been confirmed this week, despite the Chinese regime’s claim of “zero local infections.” China’s Health Commission released an update on its official website, claiming that there were 12 confirmed cases…
The Chinese Regime’s Failed Epidemic Prevention in Yunnan Province
Commentary China’s state-run media Xinhua reported on April 7 that Ruili city in Yunnan Province completed its second round of nucleic acid testing. Of course, this article was meant to boast about the Chinese regime’s so-called effective containment of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Ruili, but the data indicates a different story. According to the report,…
CCP Fires Party Boss in Ruili for Not Curbing Virus Outbreak
The Chinese regime fired party boss Gong Yunzun in southwestern Ruili on April 8 for the city’s continual reports of diagnosed COVID-19 patients. “[The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak in Ruili] severely impacted and undermined the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control across the country and the province, … has caused serious consequences…
Chinese City Orders Locals Guard Border With Burma To Curb COVID-19
The Chinese regime ordered local people to guard the border with Burma in the southeastern city of Ruili to curb the city’s COVID-19 outbreak, with locals complaining that the measures are ineffective. “We don’t have any tool even to defend ourselves,” Li Liang (pseudonym), a resident at Mengmao town in Ruili, Yunnan province, told the…
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