Category: China Society

Local Claims Latest CCP Virus Outbreak in Shanghai Occurred Weeks Before Authorities Reported It

An employee at Shanghai’s subway network told The Epoch Times that he had seen several people suddenly collapse and exhibit COVID-19 symptoms in recent weeks, long before authorities announced any new local cases. Local authorities in Shanghai reported a new outbreak of COVID-19 on Jan. 21, although the city declared “no more suspected cases” on…


As CCP Virus Continues to Spread in Beijing, Residents Grow Angry Over Lockdown and Soaring Food Prices

The latest round of the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s capital Beijing is spreading rapidly, with cases popping up in more districts. A local hospital was locked down, and hundreds of residents were urgently relocated for quarantine. The Epoch Times spoke with some Beijing residents who expressed frustration over the government’s handling of the situation and…


Wuhan Residents Reflect on Virus Lockdown Anniversary

Jan. 23 marks the first anniversary of the Wuhan lockdown due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan residents voiced their concerns and called on more people to reflect upon the unprecedented disaster and prevent it from recurring. A local surnamed Hao told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that officials…


10 Dead After Explosions at Chinese Mine

Ten miners are confirmed to have died in explosions at a gold mine in China. A total of 22 miners working about 600 meters (2,000 feet) underground were trapped after an explosion on Jan. 10 at the Hushan mine in Qixia, a major gold-producing region in China’s coastal Shandong province. The bodies of nine miners were…


Chinese City Facing Food Crisis After Authorities Impose Hard COVID-19 Lockdown

China’s recent surge of CCP virus infections has made life difficult for local residents in Tonghua, a city located near the North Korean border in northeastern China’s Jilin Province. Ms. Liang, a businesswoman in Dongchang district in Tonghua, told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that local authorities began to seal off her community on Jan. 15,…


COVID-19 Outbreaks Worsen in Beijing, Shanghai

Officials in China’s capital of Beijing and its financial hub of Shanghai announced new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections this weekend and locked down dozens more neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the northern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Hebei also reported more COVID-19 cases on Jan. 24, as did southern China’s Guangdong Province and eastern China’s Jiangsu…


Residents in China’s Virus Hotspots Taken to Unknown Locations for Mass Quarantine

Northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province is a new epicenter for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Virus outbreak. In Harbin, capital city of the province, many communities are under lockdown. Buses were seen taking residents away for mass quarantine in recent days. Over 100 Infected at Zhengda Foods According to China’s official statistics, on Jan. 21, a…


Beijing City Requires Mass Virus Testing for Roughly 2 Million

The government of Beijing city is intensifying efforts to contain the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus as a recent outbreak continues to worsen. On Jan. 22, Beijing authorities declared at a pandemic prevention and control press briefing that all residents in Dongcheng and Xicheng districts will be required to take nucleic acid testing, with a…


China’s Suspected COVID-19 Patients List Leaked Online, Sparking Outrage

Personal information about COVID-19 patients in China was recently leaked online, sparking a heated debate about privacy. Two government documents began circulating on the Chinese internet, dated Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 from the local disease prevention and control command center of Qinggang county, Suihua city, in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang Province. They listed the personal…


Conditions for Shanghai Residents Rapidly Worsen as Authorities Report COVID-19 Outbreak

Thousands of residents in downtown Shanghai are being relocated to hotels in emergency isolation measures after local authorities said hospital workers and patients in the city center had tested positive for the CCP virus. Surrounding areas have also been locked down, with residents facing rapidly worsening conditions as the government attempts to halt the spread of…