Category: lockdown

Anti-Lockdown Protest Turns Violent in China’s Shenzhen

A large-scale protest erupted in Shenzhen early this week after the tech hub locked down three districts due to 10 new COVID-19 cases. The Shenzhen Health Commission announced seven symptomatic and three asymptomatic cases on Sept. 26, with four cases found in Luohu District, four cases in Futian District, and two cases in Longgang District,…


Lhasa Residents: ‘Isolated for Over 40 Days, With No Income, We Can’t Hold on Any Longer!’

Lhasa, the capital of western China’s Tibetan region, is drawing worldwide attention after a recent COVID-19 flare-up. The city—with population estimates ranging from 300,000 to around 900,000—has suffered chaotic pandemic management during a lockdown that has lasted over a month. Local authorities closed off parts of the city and mass-tested residents under the zero-COVID policies…


China’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy Wreaks Havoc

Commentary Chinese citizens have been writhing under the so-called “zero-COVID” policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since it was first implemented in Hubei Province in January 2020. The CCP’s medical authorities opted for a policy of containment and elimination instead of mitigation and treatment. The results have been disastrous, but Chinese authorities show no…


The Choice Is Liberty or Lockdown

Commentary Two years after the first edition, the second edition of “Liberty or Lockdown” is now in print, just as the U.S. president announced the end of the pandemic. The emergency declaration that excused the mass violation of human rights is still in effect. The significance of the timing of the first edition of this book is…


Part of Australian City Shut Down After Man Triggers Concern Over Hazardous Materials

A man who was acting erratically with a shopping cart full of petrol cans and potentially hazardous material has been sent to hospital under police guard after causing part of the Australian city of Melbourne’s business district to fall into lockdown. It was later confirmed that there were no dangerous chemicals in the trolley. However,…


‘Excess Deaths’ From Canada’s COVID Response: Justice Centre Challenges Narrative of ‘Success’

A Canadian legal advocacy organization is challenging the narrative by governments, media, and medical associations that Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been “successful.” In a report published on Sept. 13, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) argues that the “prevailing consensus” that the Canadian response to COVID has been successful is biased…


Province in China Locks Down High School Students and Staff Without Notifying Parents

Over 2,000 secondary school students and 300 teaching staff of a private high school in China’s southwestern Guizhou Province are locked down amid the communist regime’s zero-COVID policy. Guiyang Happy Valley International Experimental School was found to have “abnormal PCR test results” on Sept. 6, as reported by Netease, a popular digital news portal in…


Starving and Censored, Guiyang Resident in China’s Lockdowns Asks World for Attention and Help

Residents of China’s largest residential complex gathered on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to protest food shortages due to the communist regime’s stringent lockdown measures. Local authorities sent in hundreds of police to silence the gathering residents. China’s southwestern Guizhou province imposed stringent closure measures in its capital city amid the latest COVID-19 flare-up…


Shops in Shanghai’s Financial Hub Pay High Price for Zero-COVID

Shanghai’s Lujiazui financial district, known as China’s “Wall Street,” has paid a high price under the Chinese Communist Party’s strict zero-COVID policy. More than a third of the district’s shops have been closed, according to a financial service firm’s analysis. CRIC Securities, a financial service provider in Hong Kong, revealed in its August report that…


Small Chinese Border City Under COVID Lockdown for 8 Months, Most Residents Have Fled

The small Chinese city of Dongxing, which borders Vietnam, has been under COVID lockdown for more than half a year. According to the China census in November 2020, the city’s population was 216,000. It’s estimated that around only 20,000 people are there now due to the communist regime’s strict zero-COVID policy. Most residents have fled…