Pandemic prevention and control measures in Shanghai, China have escalated to the point that the Shanghai Municipal Government currently acknowledges there are requirements for quarantine of people with COVID-19 and disinfection of their residences, and it is possible that “a whole building will be quarantined when just one person is infected.” Jin Chen, deputy director…
China Spent More on Mass COVID-19 Testing Than on Its Military: Research
Recent research results from China’s financial securities firms show that the cost of the Chinese regime’s mass COVID-19 nucleic acid testing exceeded its military spending in 2021, and that it will drain China’s national medical insurance funds within three and a half years if citizens are tested every two days as required by the regime….
Shanghai Lockdown: Residents Demand Release
BEIJING—On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave. The triumphant story quickly spread on chat groups across the Chinese city this week, sparking one question in the minds of those who…
Shanghai Residents Under Lockdown Demand Release
BEIJING—On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave. The triumphant story quickly spread on chat groups across the Chinese city this week, sparking one question in the minds of those who…
‘Humiliating’: Shanghai Billionaire Laments Life Under Protracted Lockdown
Liu Yiqian, a billionaire who lives in Shanghai, lamented that life is “humiliating” two months into the lockdown due to the Chinese regime’s harsh “zero-COVID” policy. His viral post on May 22 on Chinese social media platform WeChat was accompanied by a photo of himself, messy-haired, unshaven, and wearing what appeared to be an oversized…
Take a Walk Outside: Shanghai Residents Proclaim Lockdown is Lifted
Residents of a Shanghai high-end community, called Huixianju, proclaim the lockdown is lifted. They went outside and walked around their streets. The slogan, “Walk Out, Huixianju” went viral online. Shanghai is divided into three zones based on “antigen+nucleic acid” screening results: the closed control areas, currently involving a population of 2.3 million; the control areas,…
Beijing Locks Down Tiananmen Square, 9 Districts Under Strict ‘Zero-COVID’ Measures
Tiananmen Square—China’s political center and symbol of the communist regime’s power—has been placed under strict lockdown as a COVID-19 outbreak hits Beijing. Chinese authorities have tightened control measures in the capital as per its official “Zero-COVID” policy with nine city districts being included in the lockdown orders. The Beijing Tiananmen District Management Committee announced via…
China’s Unrelenting Lockdowns Likely to Worsen US inflation: Analysts
The U.S. economy is likely to face fresh inflationary pressures from China, where on-and-off lockdowns have slowed production in a wide range of areas from chips to Christmas trees, ravaging global supply chains. The Chinese regime’s heavy-handed measures to contain the fast-moving Omicron variant have brought major industrial and commercial centers, like Shanghai, to a…
Chinese Vaccine and Testing Reagent Companies Recorded Explosive Profits Amid Lockdowns and Massive Mandatory Testing
The first quarter financial reports of COVID-19 vaccine and testing reagent manufacturers in China have shown explosive profits compared to the same period last year. China has experienced prolonged lockdowns and mandatory COVID-19 testing and vaccination nationwide since the outbreak of the pandemic. The Chinese regime’s top health body announced in April that China had…
Shanghai COVID Volunteers: Never Trust Shanghai Volunteer Agents
During the lockdown in Shanghai, a lot of the volunteers assisting in the pandemic prevention and control measures came from outside the city. Many of them were left on the street without shelter, while there were those who also contracted the virus because of poor hygiene practices in their temporary shelters. Most of them were…
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