Category: INSIDE CHINA

Macao to Extend City Lockdown, Casino Closure Until Friday

HONG KONG—Macao’s government will extend a lockdown of casinos and other businesses until Friday, as authorities grapple to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the world’s biggest gambling hub, according a statement on its website. The lockdown in the Chinese special administrative region had been due to end on Monday. Macao imposed the shutdown last…


Chinese Regime Eases Pandemic Restrictions on Imported Non-Cold Chain Goods Amid Sharp Economic Downturn

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has recently relaxed its pandemic control measures imposed on non-cold chain imports. On July 12, China’s top health body announced that nucleic acid swabs and disinfection would no longer be imposed on “low-risk non-cold chain imported goods,” but goods deemed high risk of transmission will still be disinfected. The announcement…


Returning Beijing Residents Asked to Wear COVID-19 Monitoring Bracelets, Triggering Public Outrage

Beijing local authorities in some communities recently asked residents returning from domestic trips to wear COVID-19 monitoring bracelets. The orders drew wide criticism from the public over escalated government surveillance. According to mainland Chinese media Caixin, a female Beijing resident who returned from Guangdong on July 13 was told by the community office that she…


FBI Launched Inquiry Into NIH Funding of Wuhan Lab, Emails Show

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an inquiry into the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding of bat research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, newly released emails show. The interest from the top U.S. intelligence agency adds to the international scrutiny on the Wuhan facility, which houses one of China’s highest-level biosecurity labs…


Shanghai Isolates Residents for Being in a WeChat Group with COVID-19 Cases

China’s fear of COVID-19 reached new heights when the city of Shanghai put members of a WeChat group into home quarantine for at least seven days amid a recent COVID-19 outbreak. The city of 26 million reported 74 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases from July 3 to July 6 that were related to a karaoke bar…


Chinese Kids Coerced to ‘Motivate’ Grandparents to Get COVID Jabs

An official notice encouraging children to promote vaccine use among elderly relatives that was published by a district educational body of China’s Beihai City on July 6 has triggered widespread criticism among Chinese netizens. The online notice, titled “A Special Summer Vacation Homework Assignment,” requires young students, including kindergarten children, “to motivate paternal and maternal…


Study: China Achieves High Covid Vaccination Rate Using Low Efficacy Vaccines

Recent medical studies showed that the COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in China by Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech lack the ability to cause production of sufficient neutralizing antibodies to combat the rapid spread of Omicron variants of the virus. Neutralizing antibodies bind to a pathogen and block it from causing infection. The level of antibodies produced is one…


Beijing Lawyer Demands Local Health Authorities Disclose Information About Mandatory Vaccination

A new COVID-19 vaccination mandate was issued in Beijing on July 6, limiting unvaccinated residents from entering some public venues amid the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in the city. According to the new rule, people must be vaccinated to enter crowd gathering venues, such as offline training institutions, libraries, museums, stadiums, gyms, performance entertainment venues,…


With Large Number of COVID Testing Companies Springing Up in China, Illegal Operations Constantly Exposed

A large number of newly registered PCR testing companies have sprung up in a short period of time in China due to the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) enforcement of a strict zero-COVID policy that requires mass PCR testing on a regular basis. However, along with the surge, there have been increasing reports of companies…


China’s COVID Lockdowns Inflict ‘Psychological Scars’ and ‘Endless Humiliation’: Shanghai Resident

News Analysis While China’s state media tout Shanghai’s “victory” over COVID-19 after a two-month lockdown of the city of 26 million, residents blast the authorities for their draconian lockdown measures, which left many with adverse mental health symptoms, according to a recent study. “The Chinese Government has vigourously defended its dynamic zero COVID-19 strategy. But…