Category: Shanghai

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,…


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…


Beijing’s ‘Zero-COVID’ Threatens China’s Economy

News Analysis  As the Omicron variant is causing a surge in COVID-19 infections across 30 provinces and municipalities in China, Beijing’s “zero-COVID” restrictions appear to be causing more harm than good. The strict measures are sapping the productivity of businesses, weakening the stock market’s performance, forcing about 400 million people to remain in lockdown, and…


COVID-19 Chain Infections Broke out in Beijing, Infection Number Remains High in Shanghai

As the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai still runs rampant, causing deaths, the virus has started spreading in Beijing through multiple transmission chains. On April 22, it was stated in a meeting of the leading group for pandemic control held in Beijing that there have been sudden outbreaks in the city recently, involving multiple transmission chains…


Thousands of Employees at Shanghai’s Tesla, Apple Supply Factories Infected With COVID-19

Shanghai continues to implement the Chinese Communist Party’s harsh “dynamic clearing” COVID-19 pandemic control policy, while the outbreak continues spreading in China. Employees of the well-known company Quanta (Shanghai) Computer Co., Ltd., which produces Tesla accessories and Apple laptops, revealed to The Epoch Times recently that thousands of workers were infected, and their calls to…


Shanghai Netizens: State Media Fake News of ‘Thousand Stores Reopened With Sufficient Food Supplies’

Shanghai, with a population of more than 26 million, has been under lockdown for almost 3 weeks, causing an increasingly dire situation. The local people are struggling for food, supplies, and access to medical care. The Chinese communist regime’s state TV network CCTV recently reported that more than 1,000 supermarkets and stores in Shanghai have…


17 Chinese Firms Forced to Delist in US

A Chinese oil company gets kicked off the New York Stock Exchange, but raises $4 billion in China. Why are its Chinese competitors funding it? Cities across China endure lockdown-induced food shortages. Videos emerge, giving a glimpse into what locals are dealing with. Why is China sticking to its zero-COVID-19 policy even though it’s hurting…