Category: Shanghai

Japanese Enterprises Suffer from Shanghai Lockdown, Most Plants Suspend Production

The prolonged lockdown in Shanghai has taken a heavy toll on the operation of foreign companies. Most Japanese factories in Shanghai came to a standstill and the problem spilled over to domestic Japanese manufacturers that have halted production due to a lack of necessary spare parts. Roughly 63 percent of Japanese factories in Shanghai are…


American Leaves China After 65-Day Lockdown

Nearly ten canceled plane tickets later, an American woman flees China. She spent more than two months trapped in the country. Getting forced out of their houses may not be the worst of it for Chinese citizens under lockdown. Some residents say the true suffering starts after they get home. The head of the World…


‘Like a Prison’: Shanghai Residents See No End In Sight 6 Weeks Into COVID-19 Lockdown

It’s six weeks in and Shanghai’s lockdown has only become harsher with officials being pressured to eliminate every COVID-19 infection within communities as per the regime’s “dynamic zero” standards, leaving millions with little hope in sight. In some parts of the city, if an apartment building has a positive case all of its residents would…


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…


Chinese Hackers Steal Trillions of Dollars of IP

Pushback against Shanghai’s restrictions are getting more violent. Protests between residents and law enforcement have sparked authorities to ramp up the rules. Reports say those problems aren’t limited to Chinese citizens in the global financial hub, either. Foreigners living in the city are also dying at home. Trillions of dollars in intellectual property are reported…


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…


Tech Factory Workers in Shanghai Protest Dormitory Lockdowns

Following the recent resumption of manufacturing production in Shanghai, factories were faced with another wave of surging numbers of workers testing positive for Covid. Worker protests broke out in factories of two popular Taiwan-based technology companies in Shanghai, Quanta Computer and Pegatron. Shanghai’s Tech company workers are seen breaking through gate barriers in defiance of…


Shanghai Garbage Truck Transports COVID-19 Patients

A massive protest breaks out at an Apple factory in another fight between locals and authorities amid Shanghai’s strict lockdown. A new mode of transportation for Shanghai’s virus patients: traveling by garbage truck. They’re being used amid a shortage of other vehicles, just like in Wuhan back in 2020. Why is Beijing sticking to its…


Elderly Care Center Sent a Living Man to Funeral Home in Locked-Down Shanghai

Recently, it was revealed that a Shanghai aged care center sent a living person to a funeral home as the deceased. Shanghai authorities have admitted the incident, but could not quell the public outrage. On May 1, a video of a person in a body bag being transferred from the New Long March Welfare Institute…


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…