Category: INSIDE CHINA

COVID-19 Outbreak in Beijing Rapidly Spreads, Causing Shutdowns of Famous Business and Tourist Areas

The outbreak of COVID-19 in a bar in Beijing’s commercial area has rapidly spread in the capital city, including to the district where the Chinese regime’s central governmental departments are located, and has caused the lockdown of famous tourist areas in the city center. Since last week, the outbreak at Paradise Supermarket Bar in Chaoyang…


Chinese City Mayor Apologizes Over COVID-19 Lockdown Response

BEIJING—The mayor of a northeastern Chinese city on the North Korean border that has been under lockdown for more than 50 days has apologized for failures in his administration’s work amid widespread—but often disguised—dissatisfaction over the authorities’ heavy-handed approach to handling the pandemic. Dandong Mayor Hao Jianjun gave no specifics, but said the authorities’ work…


China’s Mass COVID Testing Helps Elite Groups Get Rich, While Depleting Medical Insurance Funds

Since the beginning of this year, a new round of virus outbreaks has swept across China, and many cities have adopted regular nucleic acid testing for all residents as a pandemic control measure. The Chinese authorities tell the public that large-scale testing in China is provided free of charge as a best example of how…


Children in China Diagnosed With Diabetes After Getting Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines

Tears would well up in the 5-year-old kindergartner’s eyes whenever he saw other children snacking—a luxury to the boy ever since he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in late January. The diagnosis came one-and-a-half months after the boy got his second dose of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine. Puncture marks are filling up every finger…


Insiders Share Privileges of Shanghai’s Elite During City’s Lockdown

As tens of millions of Shanghai residents continued to suffer under the cruel lockdowns for zero-COVID, some local dignitaries continued to live seemingly unbound by the rules. In Shanghai’s core urban district, Xuhui, there is a street, Kangping, that is little more than half a mile long. It is the main residential area where Shanghai’s high level…


CCP Reaffirms Zero-COVID Policy Amid Growing Opposition and Economic Slump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has reaffirmed the ruling communist party’s strict “zero-COVID” pandemic control policy in a recent speech. Meanwhile, the regime has put out a new regulation trying to save China’s economy under the policy. According to a report by China’s state media Xinhua, Xi said that officials must “do a good job in coordinating…


Criticizing Shanghai’s Lockdown Policy Brings Police Harassment

The Chinese Communist Party’s strict zero-COVID policy for China has caused many disasters to its populace. Amid mounting public criticism, the regime has adopted tactics to deal with any opposition, resulting in further human rights abuses by the CCP on top of its disastrous pandemic policies. Recently, at least three citizens have been arrested and…


WHO: COVID-19 Origins Unclear But Lab Leak Theory Needs Further Study

An expert panel convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) said the virus that causes COVID-19 is likely from animals, probably bats, but further data are needed to explain how the virus jumped to humans, including the possibility of a lab-leak incident. In its first report released on June 9, the WHO’s scientific advisory group…


Refusing to Pay for Mass COVID Testing, China’s Medical Insurance Fund Shifts Responsibility to Local Governments

As of today, at least 10 Chinese metropolises, each with a population of over 10 million people, have required regular nucleic acid testing for COVID-19 of their citizens. The public is now questioning the cost incurred as well as who should pay those costs. Nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 are also known as PCR tests….


78 Days of Lockdown ‘Like a Nightmare,’ Shanghai Resident Says

A Shanghai resident and his neighbors were locked in their compound on March 13, and the local authorities told them that lockdown measures would be for “several days.” Seventy-eight days passed before he was able to leave his compound. It was “like a nightmare,” he said. “I just can’t believe that I can now take…