Category: Shanghai

Are More Chinese Communist Party-Style Lockdowns Coming to America?

After Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials shut down Wuhan two years ago, the world followed suit. And now it’s even worse, with CCP officials having imprisoned, starved, and tortured more than 25 million people in one of the world’s largest and richest cities—Shanghai. This isn’t a public health measure to stop a pandemic, but a political…


Biden to Allow Higher-Ethanol Gas in Summer; Shanghai Locals Can’t Get Medical Care | NTD Business

There’s no sign of consumer prices coming down, with inflation hitting another record high in March. What was the biggest driver? President Joe Biden is allowing more ethanol in gasoline this summer, to fight high prices. What impact will it have at the pump? Some people in Shanghai are dying from the city’s strict lockdown…


The China Model Unravels in Shanghai

Commentary At the end of the Cold War, the end-of-history theory was that every country in the world that desired prosperity and progress would necessarily have to embrace both economic liberty and political democracy. You cannot have one without the other, the theory went. It was inevitable. The world waited for China to go the…


The CCP Escalates Crackdown on Public Opinion Amid Growing Anti-Lockdown Criticism

Amid growing cries from residents about hardships in Shanghai, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) strengthened its control of public opinion in China, seeking to further crackdown on those who voice concerns about the draconian lockdown policies. On April 8, the Shanghai office of the Cyberspace Administration of China said it would crack down on rumors…


Local Officials in China Accused of Concealing COVID-19 Data Fearing Backlash from Beijing

Local officials in China have been accused of not reporting data on COVID-19 positive cases in fear of a backlash from Beijing. Instead, the authorities have extended the draconian lockdown policies in an attempt to contain the virus. Some experts have called China’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policy a measure driven by political motives. An independent analyst…


‘I Have No Food!’ Shanghai Residents Protest As COVID Lockdown Anger Mounts

Desperate residents in Shanghai protested a lack of food supplies as the lockdown of China’s wealthiest city entered a third week, online videos show. In the footage, dozens of residents stand behind the gate of the residential community of Kangting shouting, “Give [us] supplies Kangting community, give [us] supplies!” Two police vehicles, with their red…


The Shanghai Catastrophe: Lockdown Ideology at Its Most Extreme

Commentary Highlight the hundreds of millions of victims of communism, and its advocates are known to try to rebut the evidence by claiming that real communism has never been tried. As an extension of this debate, the global Public Health cartel, whose advocates relentlessly pursue totalitarian solutions to attempt to stop a virus from spreading, are known…


US Tells Non-Essential Diplomatic Staff to Leave Shanghai as Lockdowns Drag On

The U.S. State Department has told all non-essential consular staff that they must leave the Chinese city of Shanghai, as China sticks to its inflexible policies in attempting to squash its COVID-19 outbreaks. The April 11 announcement is an update from last week when Washington authorized non-emergency workers to depart U.S. Consulate General Shanghai on a…


US Consulate in Shanghai Allows Employees to Leave

Fears rise, as the U.S. consulate in Shanghai allows some employees to leave China. Shanghai announces a plan to ease its citywide shutdown. But an official notice asks people to stay inside for now. Will a U.S. push for green energy really counter oil crises? That approach may not be quite so clear-cut, with China…


Musk No Longer Joining Twitter’s Board; Shanghai Residents Protesting Lockdown | NTD Business

Twitter’s largest shareholder, Elon Musk, making a u-turn, deciding not to join Twitter’s board. Wall Street firms betting on Russian debt. They’re buying up Russian government and corporate bonds. All this, despite the war. Parts of shanghai erupting into protests amid the lockdown. Residents are not getting enough to eat — some say they’re “starving to death” ….