Category: lockdown

Impact on Children in Lockdown to Be Included in Official UK COVID-19 Pandemic Inquiry

Children’s welfare will be added to an inquiry that hopes to learn lessons from the British government’s response to COVID 19. On Thursday, Baroness Hallett, a former High Court judge and the Chair of the UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry, wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson with her proposed changes for an Inquiry that will play…


Extreme Pandemic Measures Turn Bustling Border Towns Into Ghost Towns

Once China adopted a policy of lockingdown cities as part of its extreme pandemic control and prevention measures in 2020, border cities quickly felt the impact. In the name of preventing people from outside China bringing COVID-19 into the country, the regime locked down border cities and turned them into ghost towns. Dongxing, a small…


UK Police Issue 50 More Fines as Probe Continues Into Downing Street Lockdown-Breaching Parties

The Metropolitan Police has issued around 50 additional fines for breaches of COVID-19 rules in Downing Street and other government buildings, as the investigation into the so-called “partygate” scandal continues. The force said on April 12 that more than 50 referrals for fines had been made. Among those fined at the time were Prime Minister…


Farmers Forbidden From Farming Under Lockdown

On Mother’s Day in Shanghai, Chinese authorities forcibly separated a mother from her son. An expert breaks down why Beijing is sticking to its “Zero COVID-19” policy. Are China’s food shortages primed to get worse? In some regions, farmers are getting banned from working their fields. Instead, they’re forced to stay at home. Is Washington…


Gregory Copley: China’s ‘Civil War’ Fought Through Lockdowns

Shanghai’s lockdown is like a civil war. As Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s faction brawls within the party with anti-Xi forces, Xi’s legitimacy and absolute correctness must be established to ensure he will get a third term in power. Even as the controversial lockdowns affect millions of people, to Xi, lockdowns must be maintained, while the…


Grid Operators Warn of Power Shortages; Wall St Sells Off, S&P 500 Ends Below 4,000 | NTD Business

It’s a red day on Wall Street, and markets are falling again. The Nasdaq has now wiped out a year and a half of gains. Russia threatens Elon Musk for helping Ukraine. But Ukrainain forces say his support changed the course of the war. There are power shortage warnings across the United States. Grid operators…


Warehouse Fires Occurring Nationwide May Be Linked to Lockdown Policy

News Analysis Logistics parks and warehouses in many parts of China have reportedly caught fire in recent months. Some suggest that the fires could  have been set on purpose to conceal the dumping of (or spoiled) materials that couldn’t be delivered during lockdown-induced transportation disruptions. From February to April, fires were frequently reported in the…


A Teacher Recounts the Misery of Escaping Shanghai

A college teacher and his wife were trapped in Shanghai for 48 days during the city’s lockdown, worrying about their 12-year-old boy who was at home by himself. In despair, they decided to escape and get back home. They went to Shanghai on March 3 for a business trip and ended up stuck there, 100…


COVID Testing and Isolation: No Let up for Residents Caught up in Shanghai Lockdown

Despite weeks of lockdown, Shanghai authorities have enhanced anti-COVID measures in a bid to achieve zero cases in all 16 districts, with some residential compounds being fenced off and daily mass testing for thousands of residents. On May 1, Gu Honghui, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai municipal government and director of the city’s anti-pandemic office, said…


China COVID Hard Line Eats Into Everything From Teslas to Tacos

SHANGHAI—When Tesla’s Shanghai plant and other auto factories were shut over the last two months by emergency measures to control China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak, the burning question was how quickly they could restart to meet surging demand. But with the Shanghai lockdown grinding into its fourth week, and similar measures imposed in dozens of smaller…