Hospitals in the United States are on high alert, with some doctors prioritizing patients in critical condition as the prolonged lockdown in China’s Shanghai has caused a global shortage of chemicals used in medical imaging. Some of the largest U.S. hospitals said earlier this month they were facing significant shortages of iodinated contrast media products,…
China’s Protracted Lockdowns Cause Critical Shortages in West
May 16, 2022
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The New Rift Between WHO and China
Commentary From the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organization and China’s CCP have worked and spoken hand-in-glove, culminating in the Potemkin Village junket of mid-February 2020. The WHO-sponsored travel report—how wonderfully China had performed!—was written and signed by American public health officials who recommended Wuhan-style lockdowns, a disastrous policy that further inspired most governments in…
Beijing Ratchets Up COVID-19 Curbs Sparking Fears of Citywide Lockdown
After gradually tightening COVID-19 curbs over the past few weeks, Beijing on May 12 said it “recommends” residents stay at home while new mass testings are underway. Panic buying gripped the capital on Thursday evening amid rising fears of a city-wide lockdown, though officials have dismissed lockdown speculation as “rumors.” Xu Hejian, a spokesperson for…
Extreme Pandemic Measures Turn Bustling Border Towns Into Ghost Towns
Once China adopted a policy of lockingdown cities as part of its extreme pandemic control and prevention measures in 2020, border cities quickly felt the impact. In the name of preventing people from outside China bringing COVID-19 into the country, the regime locked down border cities and turned them into ghost towns. Dongxing, a small…
WHO Chief Says China’s Zero-COVID Policy is Not Sustainable
The head of the World Health Organization said May 10 that the Chinese regime’s zero-COVID policy is “unsustainable,” a rare criticism that has been quickly censored on China’s Internet. “When we talk about the zero-Covid strategy, we don’t think that it’s sustainable, considering the behavior of the virus now and what we anticipate in the…
Lucid CEO Concerned About Chip Supplies From China Due to COVID Lockdown
May 11, 2022
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SAN FRANCISCO—The chief executive of Lucid Group Inc on Wednesday expressed concern about chip supplies from China due to COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns, adding that the U.S. electric vehicle startup is taking measures to mitigate the impact. “My biggest concern probably is semiconductors from China and the impact of COVID in that part 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…
Rising Cost of Living ‘Puts Brakes’ on Consumer Spending: UK Report
May 10, 2022
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The soaring cost of living has hit the confidence of British consumers and has “put the brakes” on consumer spending, the latest retail statistics show. Retail sales dipped in April after a sharp downturn in consumer confidence, according to a report by the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor. Total sales fell by 0.3 percent in April,…
China’s Exports Growth Hits 2 Year-Low as COVID Curbs Hit Factories
BEIJING—China’s export growth slowed to single digits, the weakest in almost two years, while imports barely changed in April as tighter and wider COVID-19 curbs halted factory production and crimped domestic demand, adding to wider economic woes. Exports in dollar terms grew 3.9 percent in April from a year earlier, dropping sharply from the 14.7…
Getting Cut Off From Rest of World Is CCP’s ‘Greatest Fear’: Analyst
The “greatest fear” for the Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is getting the country cut off from the rest of the world. But this is occurring, according to Gordon Chang, author and a senior fellow of Gatestone Institute. Related CoverageGordon Chang: US-China ‘Most Dangerous Period in History’; Who Is Trying to Throw China Overboard?…
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