Category: INSIDE CHINA

China Registers First Annual Population Fall in Decades, Economic Crisis Accompanied by COVID-19

The population of China fell last year for the first time since the 1960s, with births dropping and deaths rising, strengthening fears about a long-term economic decline. The Chinese population declined by roughly 850,000 people to a total of 1.41175 billion in 2022, per the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is the first…


Chinese People Turn to Indian-Made Generic Drugs After Pfizer’s Paxlovid Excluded from China’s Health Insurance

News Analysis Chinese people are searching for Indian-made generic drugs after Paxlovid, Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral drug, was recently excluded from China’s national health insurance scheme. On Jan. 8, China’s National Health Insurance Administration (NHSA) failed to negotiate with Pfizer to include Paxlovid in the national health insurance scheme on the grounds that Pfizer’s quote was…


CCP’s ‘No. 1 Designer’ Dies; Other High Profile Party Member Artists Die One by One

Since the death of former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin in November 2022 and China’s abrupt U-turn on its “zero-COVID” policy amid a growing outbreak, a number of senior CCP members have passed away successively. Four painters with close ties to the communist party from China’s top arts academy all passed away with…


CCP’s ‘No. 1 Designer’ Dies; Other High Profile Party Member Artists Die 1 by 1

Since the death of former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin in November 2022 and China’s abrupt U-turn on its “zero-COVID” policy amid a growing outbreak, a number of senior CCP members have passed away successively. Four painters with close ties to the communist party from China’s top arts academy all passed away with…


Marxist Scholar Who Helped to Cement Deng Xiaoping’s Rise to Power Dies

News Analysis In early January, headlines around the world noted the passing of Hu Fuming, professor of philosophy at China’s Nanjing University. Hu died on Jan. 2, as COVID-19 raged in China.  He was renowned for his role in writing “Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth,” a 1978 article that helped former leader…


Study Estimates 900 Million in China Infected With COVID, Officials Admit 60,000 Deaths in Past Month

About 900 million Chinese are estimated to be infected with COVID-19 in China’s latest outbreak, with nearly 80 percent of them experiencing severe symptoms, according to a study by Peking University. Meanwhile, Chinese health officials have finally reported that China has seen around 60,000 COVID-related deaths at hospitals across the country in the past month…


Study Estimates 900 Million in China Infected With COVID-19; Officials Admit 60,000 Deaths in Past Month

About 900 million Chinese are estimated to be infected with COVID-19 in China’s latest outbreak, with nearly 80 percent of them experiencing severe symptoms, according to a study by Peking University. Meanwhile, Chinese health officials have finally reported that China has seen around 60,000 COVID-related deaths at hospitals across the country in the past month…


900 Million in China Infected With COVID-19, Study Estimates; Officials Report 60,000 Deaths in Past Month

About 900 million Chinese are estimated to be infected with COVID-19 in China’s latest outbreak, with nearly 80 percent of them facing severe symptoms, according to a study by Peking University. Meanwhile, Chinese health officials are acknowledging about 60,000 COVID-related deaths have occurred at hospitals across the country in the past month, following international pressure…


20 Obituaries Reported in Two Weeks at Peking University Health System

Peking University Health Science Center released 20 obituaries between Dec. 20, 2022 and Jan. 7, 2023—a little over two weeks. The deceased join a growing list of public figures whose deaths have been announced in recent weeks. After China abruptly relaxed its zero-COVID policies in early December, it saw an overwhelming outbreak of the virus….


Officials Say 88 Million People in China’s Henan Province Infected With COVID

Officials in China’s central province of Henan have said that the COVID-19 infection rate in the region was 89 percent, as the country battles a surge of infections and communist authorities continue to conceal the true death toll figures. Authorities in Henan, the country’s third most populous province, said at a Monday press conference that…