Category: INSIDE CHINA

China’s Widening COVID-19 Curbs Trigger Public Pushback

BEIJING—Frustration simmered on Friday among residents and business groups in China navigating stricter COVID-19 control curbs as the country reported another record high of daily infections just weeks after hopes had been raised of easing measures. The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in China, with 32,695 new local infections recorded for Thursday as numerous cities report…


Contradictory COVID-19 Control Policies Cause Chaos Across China as Cases Surge

Reported cases of COVID-19 in China have hit record highs in recent days amid growing public discontent over the regime’s strict control measures. Meanwhile, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to issue contradictory messages about when to loosen the restrictions, which analysts believe has caused chaos in the control of COVID-19 in various regions….


‘Give Me an Opportunity to Live:’ Chinese Writer Pleads for Permission to Shop for Medicines and Food

China continues to implement stringent zero-COVID measures, disrupting everyday life for Chinese citizens at a time when most other countries in the world are learning to live with the virus. A 62-year-old Chinese writer and activist, who depends on medicines for kidney disease, has run out of both medicines and food. Trapped at home under…


Violent Protests Erupt at Largest Apple iPhone Factory in China

Hundreds of workers clashed with police at the world’s largest iPhone assembly facility in China, which has been placed under COVID-19 lockdown in recent weeks, according to online videos and workers at the site. “Defend our rights!” workers at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory chanted on Tuesday night, according to a viral video that began circulating on…


Largest Apple iPhone Factory in China Rocked by Protests Over COVID Curbs

Hundreds of workers clashed with police at the world’s largest iPhone assembly facility in China, which has been placed under COVID-19 lockdown in recent weeks, according to online videos and workers at the site. “Defend our rights!” workers at Foxconn Technology Group’s factory chanted on Tuesday night, according to a viral video that began circulating on…


Two Women Tied up and Publicly Humiliated for Violating COVID Rules in China’s Guangzhou

News Analysis At the beginning of 2022, a photo of a chained woman found in China’s Xuzhou city, a victim of human trafficking, went viral on social media. Recently, two women were tied up and shamed by COVID-19 policy enforcers in southern China’s Guangzhou city for violating strict pandemic rules, sparking a public outcry on…


2 Women Tied up and Publicly Humiliated for Violating COVID Rules in China’s Guangzhou

News Analysis At the beginning of 2022, a photo of a chained woman found in China’s Xuzhou city, a victim of human trafficking, went viral on social media. Recently, two women were tied up and shamed by COVID-19 policy enforcers in southern China’s Guangzhou city for violating strict pandemic rules, sparking a public outcry on…


China Calls on Veterans and CCP Members to Help an Apple iPhone Factory

The Chinese regime is recruiting retired soldiers and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members to work at an Apple iPhone assembly factory in Henan Province after a large number of employees fled a couple of weeks ago due to the strict “zero-COVID” measures. Some China observers are skeptical about the untrained manpower on the production line…


4-Month-Old Baby Dies in Chinese City Under Draconian Zero-COVID Policies

The Chinese regime’s stringent zero-COVID policies delayed medical treatment and caused a baby’s death in central China’s Zhengzhou city, Henan Province on Nov. 15, according to the father. The death of Li Siyu, a 4-month-old baby girl in Zhengzhou, triggered public outcry in China. Her father’s post on a Chinese social media platform Baidu titled…


Anti-Lockdown Protests Break Out in China’s Southern Guangzhou City

Unable to bear lengthy lockdowns and lack of food, daily necessities, and timely medical treatment, large crowds of people in China’s southern commercial hub of Guangzhou took to the streets on Monday. Video clips and online posts showed people tearing down fences and barricades and marching down the streets in the Haizhu District of Guangzhou…