Category: INSIDE CHINA

Head of China’s CDC Replaced Due to ‘His Age’

China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) appointed Shen Hongbing as its new head, replacing George Gao Fu, according to an announcement made Tuesday. Gao, 60, will “no longer serve as director of the CDC due to his age,” stated the announcement published on the CDC website. Public information shows that Gao was born in…


Fauci Says He Is ‘Open’ on Virus Lab Leak Theory

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he is keeping an “open mind” over claims that the coronavirus may have leaked from a Chinese lab, despite his long-standing assertion that the virus had a natural origin. “We have an open mind but it looks very much like this was a natural occurrence, but you keep an open mind,”…


Shenzhen Tasked to Find Residents Who Fled the Latest Lockdown

In the latest lockdown, approximately 12,000 residents immediately fled Baishizhou, an urban village of Shenzhen. Local authorities issued urgent notices to demand surrounding areas to not take in those who seek shelter. Baishizhou began a second lockdown on July 18. Local authorities adopted a 7-day closure of the communities, and residents started to flee the…


China’s Omicron Variant Outbreak May Affect Industry in Yangtze River Delta

A few weeks after Shanghai’s reopening from its three-month lockdown, another outbreak of Omicron variant BA.5 occurred in Shanghai City, Anhui Province, and other areas. As of July 12, there were 804 areas in mainland China designated as medium or high-risk due to active COVID-19 cases. The Yangtze River Delta industrial area, including 73 high-risk areas,…


$50 Billion: Wealthy Chinese Want to Leave China; More Banks Freeze Withdrawals in China

Wealthy Chinese are leaving China—or at least planning on leaving—as they cannot stand the draconian COVID measures. But will Chinese leader Xi Jinping allow it to happen if that means billions of dollars in cash go out of China amid the contractions and poor economy? Meanwhile, more banks in China suspend bank withdrawals using various…


CCP Media Removes Expert’s View to Meet Zero-COVID Policy Needs

While the new COVID-19 variants are widely recognized to cause mild symptoms, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) media has to say otherwise. An analysis of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant done by a Chinese expert and published by CCTV on July 11 a CCP state media agency was removed and replaced with a different analysis that…


‘To Cicadas’ Poet Allegedly Insults Xi Jinping: China’s Heightened Political Sensitivity

A poem about cicadas turns out to be politically sensitive, and the author was forced to apologize. According to internet users, the poem implicitly insults Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. However, nothing in the poem openly suggests so, so what gives? I’ll break down how a poem about cicadas and the summer heat turns out…


Faster Spreading Omicron Variants Hit China, Sparking Lockdown Concerns

Two, more infectious, COVID-19 Omicron variants were detected in China, and a new round of outbreaks has quickly spread to more than 20 of China’s 31 provinces in 2 weeks. Two big cities in western China have been locked down, while major Chinese port cities are conducting mass testing. All of this is sparking concerns…


China’s Mass Testing Brings Big Profits to Makers of Virus Test-Kits

China’s reliance on mass testing to achieve “zero-COVID” has brought huge profits to virus test-kit makers. A number of biotech companies have reported substantial profit growth for the first half of 2022. Among them, Tianjin City’s Jiu’an Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. posted a net profit of over 15.1 billion yuan ($2.24 billion), an increase of…


Shanghai Residents Undergo Sporadic Lockdowns

Shanghai residents are continuing to experience on and off lockdowns due to new outbreaks of COVID-19. In areas of the city under partial lockdown, people have been under restrictions but officials have provided little in the way of information to the public, residents say. When 35 areas in the city had restrictions lifted on July…