Category: China Society

Chinese Migrant Workers’ Protests Over Unpaid Wages Escalate During Chinese New Year

Amid the Chinese New Year holiday, migrant workers in mainland China are growing increasingly frustrated due to unpaid wages. At the end of 2020, the Chinese regime promised to clear all unpaid wages to migrant workers—but this doesn’t appear to be the case. One migrant worker who spoke with The Epoch Times said that the…


Despite Beijing’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ Efforts, Many Question Safety of China-Made Vaccines

As China seeks to bolster its international standing through ‘vaccine diplomacy,’ public confidence in the safety and efficacy of China’s COVID-19 vaccines—both in and outside China—appear mixed. The Chinese regime is aggressively promoting its COVID-19 vaccines to foreign countries. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told state leaders at a recent economic summit with central and eastern…


‘China’s Last Aboriginal Village’ Devastated in Great Fire

A sudden great fire swallowed up nearly the whole village of Wengding, located in Cangyuan county, Lincang city, southwestern China’s Yunnan Province. It is known as one of the few villages remaining in China where the aboriginal Wa people reside. On Feb. 14, around 5:40 p.m. local time, a severe fire hit the “heritage” section…


Two Netizens in China Go Missing After Organizing YouTube Event Mocking Chinese Leader

Two Chinese netizens have reportedly gone missing since Feb. 9, after participating in a live-streaming event to mock Chinese leader Xi Jinping on YouTube, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). Several YouTube channels run by Chinese netizens prepared a Feb. 11 joint live-streaming session aimed at ridiculing Xi ahead of the Chinese New Year, the…


China Adopts Trial In Absentia, in a Move Analysts Say Will Target Overseas Dissidents 

The Chinese regime’s highest court issued a detailed interpretation of a criminal procedure law on Feb. 4, stipulating that trial in absentia can be applied to defendants who “seriously endanger national security” and are based outside China, according to Chinese media reports. “Trial in absentia” refers to criminal proceedings in which a defendant is not…


Wuhan Residents Commemorate COVID-19 Victims During New Year Holiday

During the Lunar New Year holiday, the Chinese regime claimed that there were no new domestic CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections in the country. However, full lockdowns were still in place in Hebei, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces. “This is a political ‘zero.’ The virus outbreak in China is still very serious,” Wuhan resident surnamed…


Wuhan People Memorialize COVID-19 Victims During Lunar New Year

During the Lunar New Year holiday, the Chinese regime claimed that there were no new domestic CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections in the country. However, full lockdowns were still in place in Hebei, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces. “This is a political ‘zero.’ The virus outbreak in China is still very serious,” Wuhan resident surnamed…


Wuhan Residents Commemorate COVID-19 Victims During Lunar New Year

During the Lunar New Year holiday, the Chinese regime claimed that there were no new domestic CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections in the country. However, full lockdowns were still in place in Hebei, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces. “This is a political ‘zero.’ The virus outbreak in China is still very serious,” Wuhan resident surnamed…


Extreme Lockdown Measures Continue in China’s Epidemic Hotspot

The risk level of Nangong city, one of the COVID-19 epidemic hotspots in China’s Hebei Province, has been lowered on Feb. 8. However, the extreme lockdown measures continue to be implemented, and residents struggle to cope with the situation. The Epoch Times learned from Nangong residents that every household has been under lockdown, and the…


Head of Chinese Police Station Shoots at His Superior During Internal Meeting

A violent confrontation that broke out between two Chinese police officers recently went viral on social media. According to a Feb. 8 notice issued by the police bureau of Zhanjiang city in southern China’s Guangdong province, a 40-year-old police officer surnamed Xu shot at his colleague surnamed Wu, 46-year-old, on Feb. 7 in Xuwen county….