Category: China Society

CCP Pulls Down Hollywood Blockbusters For Political Propaganda

Chinese theaters suddenly became empty this month after Hollywood classic trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” was replaced with Communist Party propaganda movies. On April 1, the first day of the change, the box office revenue for five pre-cultural revolution films, which were first released before 1965, was zero. Three others had very limited income….


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…


Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Arrives in China as Beijing Makes Available Imported Vaccines for First Time

The first batch of German-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived in mainland China on April 13 and was made available to Chinese people for vaccination with a fee. This is the first time that the Chinese regime allowed Chinese people to receive an imported COVID-19 vaccine. The importer, Fosun Pharma from Shanghai China, ordered 100 million…


Chinese Regime Pushes for Buddhist Diplomacy With New Tactics

In recent years, the Chinese communist regime has been pushing for “Buddhist diplomacy” in its quest for global domination, especially after international backlash against its Confucius Institutes. Experts held a symposium in Taiwan to reveal the regime’s new tactics of Buddhist diplomacy. On April 1, mainland Chinese Buddhist scholar Liu Yuguang gave a speech at…


Failed Chinese Navigation System Leads to Chinese Driver’s Death

A Chinese truck driver was fined $305 when the truck’s China-made Beidou navigation system (BDS) receiver failed on April 5. He then committed suicide at a checkpoint and left a note revealing a sad phenomenon in China. His brother, also a truck driver, talked to Chinese media on April 6 about how a driver can’t…


‘The Lord of the Rings’ Trilogy Pulled From Chinese Cinemas to Make Way for CCP Propaganda

“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, which was scheduled to be re-released in China from April 9, has been pulled from cinemas, replaced by 12 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda films. The trilogy has not played in Chinese cinemas since 2002, with many Chinese fans only ever watching the films on cellphones and computers. CCP Political…


China Considers Mixing COVID-19 Vaccines to Boost Efficacy: China CDC Leader

After the Chinese regime delivered hundreds of millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccines abroad, its top health officer admitted on April 10 that the effectiveness of the China-made vaccines are low. The China-made vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates,” Chinese CDC director George Fu Gao said at the 2021 National Vaccine and Health Conference in Chengdu, according…


21 Trapped in Flooded Xinjiang Coal Mine: Chinese State Media

BEIJING—Twenty-one miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department. A section of the mine filled with water, leading to power outages just after 6 p.m. on Saturday when 29 miners were working at the site in Hutubi…


Under a Communist Regime, Priests and Monks in China Hold Religious Events Ahead of the CCP’s Centenary

This year marks the centenary of China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the religious groups in the country held various activities to observe the upcoming occasion. During the Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Festival or China’s Memorial Day) on April 4, Buddhist and Taoist temples in many provinces sent their monks to visit the tombstones and gravesites…


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…