Category: COVID-19 protests

Chinese Law Scholar Reveals Inside Information Behind the CCP’s Abrupt Easing of Zero-COVID Policy

For the past three years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been implementing harsh zero-COVID measures, which have created humanitarian disasters across the country and severely damaged the national economy. Starting in November this year, the CCP suddenly abandoned its tough stance on COVID-19, halted mandatory mass PCR testing, and allowed people with mild symptoms…


In Rare Move, Health Body of Chinese City Publicly Criticizes ‘Zero-COVID’

The health body of a city in China’s central Henan Province published a post online on Dec. 6, blasting the last three years of “zero-COVID” measures for ruining China’s economy and Chinese people’s livelihoods. The Zhumadian municipal health committee wrote on its official Chinese social media account that there have been nine negative impacts from…


Chinese Regime Stresses Social Stability in Response to COVID Protests

China’s ruling authorities recently ordered a purported crackdown on mass protests that have erupted across China against the communist party’s COVID-19 measures. Although many Chinese cities eased the pandemic control restrictions a few days later, local communist party leaders in several provinces have begun to deploy crackdowns. Analysts believe it is unlikely that the Chinese…


As China Loosens COVID-19 Restrictions, Protesters Fear Retribution

BEIJING/HONG KONG—Late last month, Shanghai resident Pei was one of many people who came out in support of historic protests against China’s COVID-19 curbs, including filming several seconds of footage of a man being arrested on a street corner. Almost immediately, Pei said, five or six plainclothes police grabbed him. He was taken to a…


China’s Propaganda Blames COVID Testing Companies for Failing to Control the Pandemic

News Analysis Amid public outcry demanding an end to Beijing’s zero-COVID policy, Chinese state media recently set off a wave of criticism against COVID testing companies. One China expert claims the regime is preparing to take down a powerful group behind the COVID testing industry and using it as a scapegoat to divert public attention…


Apple Needs to Be Held Accountable for Helping the CCP Obstruct Protesters: Author

Apple needs to be held accountable for obstructing Chinese citizens from using certain iPhone functions to talk, text, and share content ahead of the massive protests against Beijing’s harsh Zero-COVID policies, said Bradley Thayer, the director of China policy at the Center for Security Policy. “Apple has to answer for what it chose to do, to…


A Beijing Crackdown on COVID Protests Could Have Same Economic Effect as Lockdowns on America: Expert

Beijing’s potential crackdown on COVID protests could have the same economic effect as the lockdowns on America, says Milton Ezrati, Chief Economist at the financial communications agency Vested. “The protests, especially if the [Chinese] government cracks down on them, are going to have, from an economic standpoint, the same effect as the lockdowns. They will interrupt…


Jiang Zemin’s Death Will Distract From Unrest: Analysis

News Analysis In the face of rising resistance against totalitarian rule, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the death of former party leader Jiang Zemin on Nov. 30. Media reports speculated that Jiang’s death, coming at a time of historic unrest in China, could be problematic for CCP leader Xi Jinping. However, some China experts…


New Zealand Chinese Rally to Support ‘White Paper Revolution’

Over one hundred New Zealand Chinese rallied on Dec. 2 at Auckland’s Aotea Square, mourning victims of a fatal apartment fire in Urumqi and showing solidarity with Chinese protests against the regime’s zero-COVID policy. Members of New Zealand’s parliament showed support. White papers, with words supporting China’s “White Paper Movement” and calling for the Chinese…


Daughter of Former Top Chinese Official Denounces Draconian COVID Measures

A video posted by the daughter of a former Communist Party official went viral on Chinese social media for defying Beijing’s zero-COVID policy. Xie Xiaoqin is the daughter of Gen. Xie Fuzhi (1909-1972), who also served as the vice premier and minister of public security of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Mao Zedong era….