Category: zero-COVID

Chinese Leader Xi Arrives in Hong Kong for 25th Anniversary of Handover

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 30 left mainland China for the first time in 29 months. His visit to Hong Kong marks the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to the Chinese Communist Party’s rule. On Thursday afternoon, when Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, stepped off the high-speed train, they were…


Hong Kong Airport Ranking Falls to 20th; Not International Aviation Hub Due to Tough ‘Zero-COVID’ Target

Hong Kong International Airport dropped 10 places in the latest ranking of the world’s best airports, falling to 20th, even lower than Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The international air transport rating organization Skytrax released its annual ranking of the world’s best airports. The first is Hamad International Airport in Doha, located in the capital of…


Experts’ Report Saying Omicron Didn’t Cause Severe Symptoms in Shanghai Quickly Deleted

China’s top medical experts recently published a research report showing that people in Shanghai who were infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 only had mild symptoms. The report was later deleted as it goes against the regime’s “zero-COVID” policy and harsh lockdown measures. Experts believe it also reflects intensified CCP infighting. A team, led…


China’s Zero-COVID Policy Driving Foreign Investors to Other Countries: Attorney

The Chinese regime’s stringent zero-tolerance policy toward COVID-19 has scared foreign investors away from China, according to international law attorney Dan Harris. “The way China handled COVID-19 scared the heck out of a lot of people,” Harris, founder of law firm Harris Bricken and co-editor of China Law Blog, recently said in an interview with…


Insiders Share Privileges of Shanghai’s Elite During City’s Lockdown

As tens of millions of Shanghai residents continued to suffer under the cruel lockdowns for zero-COVID, some local dignitaries continued to live seemingly unbound by the rules. In Shanghai’s core urban district, Xuhui, there is a street, Kangping, that is little more than half a mile long. It is the main residential area where Shanghai’s high level…


CCP Reaffirms Zero-COVID Policy Amid Growing Opposition and Economic Slump

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has reaffirmed the ruling communist party’s strict “zero-COVID” pandemic control policy in a recent speech. Meanwhile, the regime has put out a new regulation trying to save China’s economy under the policy. According to a report by China’s state media Xinhua, Xi said that officials must “do a good job in coordinating…


Criticizing Shanghai’s Lockdown Policy Brings Police Harassment

The Chinese Communist Party’s strict zero-COVID policy for China has caused many disasters to its populace. Amid mounting public criticism, the regime has adopted tactics to deal with any opposition, resulting in further human rights abuses by the CCP on top of its disastrous pandemic policies. Recently, at least three citizens have been arrested and…


Gregory Moore: ‘Zero-COVID’ Marches China Into Dangerous Territory for the Regime

China’s zero-COVID policy could push citizens toward more discontent and further escalate tensions with the regime. “As long as the economics are good, the [Chinese Communist] Party can kind of get away with being really draconian because people can kind of endure it because living a good life is getting better, right? But if the…


An Inside Look at the ‘Zero-COVID’ Lockdowns in China

Commentary State-run Chinese media have been trumpeting the supposedly glorious efforts of Chinese public health officials—with their local security enforcers in the background—in containing the spread of COVID-19 in Chinese cities under the umbrella of the Xi Jinping’s grand “Zero-COVID” policy. The continuous agitprop on this subject serves several purposes for the Chinese Communist Party…


Shanghai Lifts Lockdown After 9 Weeks, But Residents Remain Cautious

Cars roar down the streets. Dog walkers roam through city parks. Luxury malls open their doors and light up. Sixty-five days later, Shanghai has finally come back to life—but normality seems a distance away. On June 1, officials reopened shops, restaurants, buses, trains, and offices to many of the cities’ 25 million, who had been…