Category: Grassroots Resistance

Zhengzhou University Students Protest Against Life-Threatening Campus Lockdown Measures

Zhengzhou University students protested for the third time against campus lockdown, despite the university punishing students who resisted and fining a worker who volunteered to deliver supplies to the students. On the evening of Nov. 16, students of Zhengzhou University, Henan Province in central China, launched a protest against the chaotic management during the campus…


China’s Hunan Province Sends Armored Vehicles on Patrol, Reasons Unknown

A city in China’s south-central Hunan Province reportedly sent armored police vehicles on patrol, with the loudspeakers mounted on the roof playing warnings: “Do not leave your residence!” In a video clip posted on Chinese social media platforms and on Twitter, the armored police automobiles are labeled “Zhuzhou Special Police” and loudspeakers keep broadcasting: “Do…


Draconian Zero-COVID Policies Blamed for Death of 3-Year-Old Boy in China

A 3-year-old Chinese boy died on Nov. 1, allegedly due to lockdown policies that delayed getting medical treatment. The boy’s father, Tuo Shilei, said, “I personally think that he was indirectly killed” [by China’s zero-COVID policies]. Tuo and his family live in Lanzhou, the seat of China’s northwestern Gansu Province. The death of Wenxuan, the…


Investigative Reporter Reveals CCP’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction in China

During the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th national congress, China’s ruling regime claimed that they have been more effective in managing the environment over the past decade, citing official data. However, a Chinese investigative journalist revealed that the deterioration of the environment in mainland China is shocking and may not recover for decades. Zhai Qing,…


Chinese Father Successfully Fights to Get Life-Saving Treatment for His Quarantined Son

A Chinese man who was brave enough to confront quarantine facility guards saved his son’s life. In a video clip that went viral on Chinese social media, the 9-year-old’s father is seen demanding medical attention for his son outside of an isolation facility. Father and son were both locked down in the school—converted to a…


Sydney Pro-Democracy Activists Voice Support for ‘Bridge Man’

Pro-democracy Chinese activists held events at four landmarks in Sydney to support the “bridge man” who protested in Beijing last week. On Oct. 16, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s 20th national congress, several pro-democracy activists from the Federation for a Democratic China gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Sydney to kick off the pop-up…


Rights Defender Describes Chinese Regime’s ‘Auschwitz Terror Concentration Camps’

A desperate suicide attempt was the only thing that spared a Chinese rights defender from ongoing appalling torture at a psychiatric hospital in China’s megacity of Shenzhen. Jie Lijian was in his 30s when he was forcefully hospitalized by police for the third time in 2018, suffering again at the hands of the Chinese regime…


Chinese Activist Recounts Torture, Forced Medication During Detention at Psychiatric Hospital

A desperate suicide attempt was the only thing that spared a Chinese rights defender from ongoing torture at a psychiatric hospital in China’s megacity of Shenzhen. Jie Lijian was in his 30s when he was forcefully hospitalized by police for the third time in 2018, suffering again at the hands of the Chinese regime for…


Beijing Hastily Recruits More Security, Ups Censorship of Courageous ‘Bridge Man’ Protest Before Party Congress

In front of all cameras monitoring Beijing, a man dressed as a construction worker unfurled two banners on an overpass on Oct. 13, demanding an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) draconian zero-COVID policies and the removal of Xi Jinping as China’s top leader. The man was later identified by China Change, which is…


Beijing Hastily Recruits More Security, Ups Censorship of ‘Bridge Man’ Protest Before Party Congress

In front of all cameras monitoring Beijing, a man dressed as a construction worker unfurled two banners on an overpass on Oct. 13, demanding an end to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) draconian zero-COVID policies and the removal of Xi Jinping as China’s top leader. The man was later identified by China Change, which is…