As a mass wave of COVID infections sweeps through China, the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments around the world are anxious about the potential emergence of a dangerous new virus variant that could further drag down the global economy. With Beijing now gripped by the virus, the variant has also rapidly spread across China….
Massive COVID Surge Across China Sparks Global Concern Over Virus Mutation, Supply Chain Breakdown
Demand for Lemons Surge Amid China’s Drug Shortage Fueled by COVID Surge
Chinese people are turning to natural remedies to prevent being infected with COVID-19. While fever clinics overcrowd and medical resources run in short supply, sales of canned yellow peaches and lemons have soared. The“10 New Guidelines” released by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Dec. 7 marked a shift in China’s epidemic prevention policy. Not…
China’s Crematoriums, Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID Surges Across Country
A surge in COVID-19 cases in China has left crematoriums working around the clock to cope with the influx of bodies. Prices for medical supplies have skyrocketed as patients have struggled to get a bed at overwhelmed hospitals, where doctors and nurses have pushed on despite being sick with COVID-19 themselves. For many, the only…
China’s Blood Banks in Emergency Mode Again Amid COVID-19 Surge
Blood bank emergencies have occurred frequently across China since COVID-19. As the new year approaches, many local blood banks are again in short supply, with some provinces calling on the public to donate blood and some issuing red alerts as the nation’s blood supply fails to keep pace with demand. The blood supply crisis comes…
China’s Tax Base Drastically Reduced by Three Years of Zero-COVID
China’s three-year “zero-COVID” approach has devastated the nation’s economy and fiscal revenue, and seriously diminished its tax base. Looking at the scale of the impact of zero-COVID on China’s economy, Zhang Tao, an economist serving China Construction Bank’s financial markets department, admitted in an article published on a Chinese tech company’s website Sina.com on Dec. 9 that…
China Seeing Tsunami of COVID-19 Cases, Medical System Under Immense Strain
The Chinese communist regime has just abruptly ended its zero-COVID policy that it had strictly enforced for the past three years. However, towards the last months of the policy, an unprecedented outbreak of the virus had already begun despite the restrictions, and it is now bringing the country’s weak medical system to the brink of…
US, German Embassies in China Suspend Visa Services as COVID Infections Soar
U.S. and German embassies in China’s capital of Beijing announced on Dec. 15 the suspension of routine visa services due to the city’s COVID-19 outbreak that is also being seen in other large cities in China, following dozens of countries who have already suspended their visa applications in China. Meanwhile, concerns have been rising that the…
China Reports New Omicron Variant Spreading in 9 Provinces, Populace Fearful, Mortuaries Overwhelmed
COVID-19 cases have been increasing in China, including since the ruling communist regime eased its “zero-COVID” restrictions on Dec. 7. Netizens have been reporting that hospitals and mortuaries are being overwhelmed by demand, particularly in nine provinces where the relatively new Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been reported to be spreading quickly. On Dec. 14, China’s Center…
China’s Health Services Struggle After Abrupt Unwinding of Stringent COVID Curbs
Over the past week, long lines have formed outside fever clinics, calls have inundated China’s emergency hotline, and businesses are preparing for new interruptions as more and more employees become sick. These chaotic scenes unleashed by the Chinese regime’s abrupt reversal of its nearly 3-year-old zero-COVID policy came as the virus raced through the population…
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…
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