Category: lockdown

Locked-Down Residents Complain About Spoiled Food Distributed By Authorities in Shanghai

Shanghai, the megacity of 26 million people, has been under lockdown for more than a month. Recently, many Shanghai residents have complained online that some of the food distributed by the local authorities has deteriorated and is not edible at all, and have questioned the legitimacy of the authorities’ food supply process. On Chinese social…


The Hill Publishes Huawei-Sponsored Content; Beijing to Lockdown?

Huawei is mad that it can’t do business in the United States anymore. So what did it do? It vented on Twitter after Elon Musk bought the social media company and spent money advertising in The Hill. We break down how Huawei’s latest move to win over sympathy won’t work. And I speak with David…


Lockdown Fears Loom As Beijing Starts Testing Nearly All of Its 21 Million Residents

China’s capital city, Beijing, on April 26 started testing most of its 21 million residents, stoking fears that a citywide lockdown was imminent. On Tuesday, lines formed up from the city’s university district of Haidian to Dongcheng, which houses the country’s top officials, with residents waiting for throat swabs. After recording a handful of cases,…


Hepatitis of ‘Unknown Origin’ In Children Linked to Lockdowns Potentially: UK Pathologist

Authorities are scrambling to investigate the potential cause of an unusually high number of acute hepatitis cases in children around the world and the UK, which some say may be caused by COVID-19 lockdowns which have weakened immunity. In a statement on Tuesday, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it working with the National…


Residents in Beijing Hoard Food, Fear Prolonged Lockdown Amid Mass Testing

Authorities have commenced mass testing affecting at least half of the residents in China’s capital city of Beijing, a possible signal to accelerate its zero-COVID containment pace and lockdown like Shanghai. Local residents are scrambling to hoard food and supplies in fear of starving during the impending lockdown. The epidemic situation in Beijing is “serious…


‘Voice of April:’ Viral Shanghai Lockdown Video Tests China’s Censors

A protest erupted on China’s tightly-controlled internet on April 22 as social media users battled against censors for hours to circulate a video documenting the voices of residents recorded during Shanghai’s ongoing lockdown. The six-minute video, titled “The Voice of April,” was blocked shortly after it appeared on the instant messaging app WeChat and microblogging…


Columbia Rejects Chinese Student for Hate Speech

Strict lockdown rules are driving foreigners out of Shanghai. A survey shows many of them plan to leave—or are debating the option. A top supplier for Apple and Tesla faces widespread infections at its factory in Shanghai. Three workers reveal the situation inside. Photos capture empty shelves in Beijing, as panic buying begins. Residents there…


‘COVID Theater’ in Shanghai Leads to Starvation and Misery; What Happened in Beijing on April 25, 1999

Shanghai’s dead stop on COVID-19 failed. Will American businesses change their view of China? If the lockdowns continue, what happens to the global supply chain? On April 25, 1999, 23 years ago, a large group gathering in Beijing was twisted by Chinese state media. The Chinese communist regime then launched a massive persecution against Falun…


Twitter Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer; FCC’s Carr Criticizes Apple Over Censorship | NTD Business

Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter is gaining steam. After all the drama, it looks like Musk will win. But how does he want to change Twitter? An FCC commissioner is raising concerns about Apple censoring content in China—including a U.S.-funded news app. Pictures of empty shelves in Beijing emerge as panic-buying breaks out. Residents there are worried…


Shanghai as a Front Line in China’s New Civil War

Commentary China’s “new civil war”—with Xi Jinping’s ultra-Maoists pitted against the “moderates” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the free-wheeling private sector—accelerated with Xi’s lockdown of Shanghai beginning in March. The lockdown of Shanghai (population of 25 million) was supposedly carried out to suppress a COVID-19 outbreak. In reality, it was nothing of the…