Category: INSIDE CHINA

China Is at a ‘Significant Turning Point’: Former Chinese Diplomat

A former Chinese diplomat who turned whistleblower in 2005 believes that the massive protests across China may be a significant turning point for the country. Protests have erupted across the mainland over the weekend, triggered by a deadly high-rise apartment fire in Urumqi, the capital city of China’s far western Xinjiang region, reportedly killing 10 people….


PREMIERING 12/1 at 7:30PM ET: ‘Most Significant Protests Since 1989’: Benedict Rogers—Is China at a Turning Point?

This episode will premiere on Thursday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “It looks to me as if these are the most significant protests since 1989, and they are, I think, a boiling over of not just frustration at the very draconian COVID lockdowns, but actually rebellion against the very severe repression, the surveillance state…


Overseas Chinese Students Rally to Support COVID Protests in China, Chanting ‘Down With the CCP’

MANHATTAN, N.Y.–Mass protests have been triggered across China after the Xinjiang apartment fire deaths caused by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) restrictive “zero-COVID” control measures. Protesters are chanting slogans of “Down with the Communist Party,” “Xi Jinping Step Down,” and “We want freedom and democracy.” It’s the largest protest movement since Tiananmen Square in 1989….


Mass Defiance in China Shows Populace Fed Up With Communist Control

A blank sheet of white paper has become the latest symbol of defiance in communist China. From Beijing to Shanghai, throngs of protesters over the weekend held wordless papers high to vent their frustrations over the regime’s harsh COVID rules, while digital white rectangles inundated feeds on the country’s largest social media platform WeChat—even as…


Protests in China Are a Rebellion Against the Communist Regime’s Suppression: Rights Activist

British human rights activist Benedict Rogers said the wave of protests against Beijing’s “zero-COVID” policy that spread to at least 10 cities in China over the weekend is a manifestation of rebellion against the Chinese regime’s repression. “They are, I think, a boiling over of not just frustration at the very draconian COVID lockdowns, but…


US Embassy Warns About China’s Expanded Pandemic Measures

The U.S. Embassy in China recommended that compatriots keep a 14-day supply of medications, bottled water, and food on hand, said a release on Nov. 28. Ambassador Nicholas Burns also tweeted that the embassy is “monitoring the COVID situation and assisting U.S. citizens with challenges due to lockdowns and restrictions.” An emergency number, “+86 10…


Protest Break Out in Chongqing After Residents Learn COVID-19 Testing Staff Were Infected

Protests broke out in at least two subdistricts in China’s southwest megacity Chongqing on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26. China has recently seen massive protests across the country against the Chinese communist regime’s zero-COVID measures, triggered by growing angst from the prolonged lockdowns and further fueled by horrific deaths of at least 10 people, according…


Protests Break Out in Chongqing After Residents Learn COVID-19 Testing Staff Were Infected

Protests broke out in at least two subdistricts in China’s southwest megacity Chongqing on Nov. 25 and Nov. 26. China has recently seen massive protests across the country against the Chinese communist regime’s zero-COVID measures, triggered by growing angst from the prolonged lockdowns and further fueled by horrific deaths of at least 10 people, according…


Chinese Woman Hangs Herself in Guangzhou Quarantine Facility: Report

A woman from China’s Hubei Province killed herself in a quarantine facility in Guangzhou where she was isolated after testing positive for COVID, according to Caixin, China’s financial news portal. “Xiaoya” was among the first to be quarantined on Nov. 16 in a makeshift hospital converted from a stadium in the southernmost Nansha district of…


White House Reacts to China’s Mass COVID Protests as Senators Calls for Stronger US Response

The United States on Nov. 28 took aim at Beijing’s strict COVID-19 curbs after mass protests broke out across the country over the weekend, saying the policy is not sustainable in the long term. But some Republicans have criticized the White House’s response as not sending a strong enough message to the Chinese Communist Party….