Chinese authorities locked down at least nine cities on the tourist island of Hainan on Aug. 8 as a COVID-19 outbreak was detected. Over 80,000 tourists and six professional soccer teams are unable to leave the far southern province and are facing higher hotel rates. The lockdown has left the streets of Hainan’s capital, Haikou,…
80,000 Tourists Stranded in Hainan as COVID-19 Sweeps China’s Resort Island
China’s Economy Slumps Further, According to New Data, Raising Fears of Layoffs
Both official and independent data show that China’s economy has slumped further in the second quarter of the year, with manufacturing slowing down unexpectedly and a downturn in the real estate sector intensifying. This has raised fears of a wave of layoffs in the second half of the year adding to already severe unemployment issues in China….
China Locks Down World’s Largest Wholesale Hub, South China Sea Port Due to New COVID-19 Outbreak
The Chinese communist regime has put the world largest wholesale hub, Yiwu city in east China, under semi lockdown due to a new outbreak of COVID-19. Meanwhile, “China’s Hawaii” in the South China Sea has also locked down due to a sudden outbreak. The new lockdowns have renewed concerns for disruptions to global trade and…
Jack Dorsey Calls for End to Chinese Communist Party
As the international community increasingly turns away from the Chinese Communist Party, Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey appears to be joining the trend. “End the CCP,” he wrote Aug. 6 on the platform he co-founded. The three-word message, earning over 2,200 shares and 12,400 likes in three hours’ time, came in response to a video in…
US University Admits It May Have Broken Law in Contract With Wuhan Lab
A top U.S. biosecurity lab is assuming responsibility for signing “poorly drafted” agreements with three high-level biosecurity labs in China that they concede may have broken the law. The three contracts, including one with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), gave the Chinese labs powers to destroy “secret files” from any stage of their collaboration….
Sudden Deaths Occurring Among Senior Experts in China’s COVID Vaccine Industry
A few prominent researchers associated with the development of COVID-19 vaccines in China have died unexpectedly at an age much younger than China’s average. In light of their causes of death being largely unknown, heated discussions on Chinese social media have bloomed. Zeng Bing, a notable researcher and vice president of China’s state-owned COVID-19 vaccine…
China Locks Down 1.6 Million People After Finding 1 Case of COVID-19
Yongcheng city in central Henan Province went under lockdown on Monday after one local was diagnosed with COVID-19 the day before. As part of the lockdown, City authorities ordered all the 1.6 million residents must take at least one nucleic acid test from Monday to Wednesday and that only one person per household was allowed to leave…
Feed Shortage Leads to Pig Cannibalism, China’s Economy Worsens
A video showing pigs eating a deceased pig on a farm in China went viral recently. Some of the pig farmers, working for a major Chinese financial group, said that the cannibalism occurred because of feed shortages. One expert believes that feed shortages are a reflection of bigger problems in China’s economy. Since July 24,…
Hospitalizations in China Dropped by 35.83 Million in 2020
China’s official figures show that the total number of hospital admissions in the country dropped by 35.83 million in 2020. In late 2019, a sudden outbreak of COVID-19 quietly spread in Wuhan, China. It’s possible there is a connection. On July 12, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Health Commission released the 2021 Statistical Bulletin…
China Orders Manufacturers Into ‘Closed-Loop’ Production, More Partial Lockdowns in Megacities as COVID-19 Continues to Spread
Shenzhen authorities ordered manufacturers in the economic hub, including Apple suppliers, into a 7-day “closed-loop” production mode, as COVID-19 continues to spread in the city despite following the regime’s strict zero-COVID policy. The move has caused concerns about the possibility of longer mass lockdowns of factories like there were in Shanghai earlier this year. Meanwhile,…
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