Tag: China Society

Posted Ancient Poem Likely Criticizing Beijing Rattles Stock Market

A Chinese billionaire rattled the stock market by quoting an ancient poem on social media, reflecting on the fall of the Qin Dynasty—the first empire in China. Although the post was later deleted, his company’s stock plunged to a new low of the year. “The Book Burning Pit,” read as “Fen Shu Keng” in Chinese,…


Beijing’s Solar Panel Plan Plunges Chinese Farmers Into Heavy Debt

News Analysis China’s overcapacity in solar power has been used by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his poverty alleviation campaign—an ambitious project to get farmers to install solar panels. This project, which theoretically helps lift farmers out of poverty, has in many cases been proven to increase the debt burden of rural and remote areas….


Leopards Escape in a Large Chinese City, Zoo Silent for Over 2 Weeks

Recently, three leopards escaped from a safari park in Hangzhou, a city of over 10 million. The park kept the incident quiet for more than two weeks, worried about affecting business during China’s May holiday week (May 1- May 6), and thus, endangering public safety. After sightings of leopards wandering the city were reported and…


Chinese Media and Authorities Change Tone Over CCP Virus Around Holiday Season

Official data shows that the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in mainland China hit a low level amid a public holiday earlier this month, regardless of the resurgent tourists flooding the territory. One China expert suspects officials manipulated the data to lead public opinion. May 1, known as May Day or Chinese Labour…


China Props Up Domestic Clean Energy Industry in Bid to Capture the World Market: Expert

The Chinese regime is financially supporting domestic clean energy industries in a bid to dominate the global market, forcing the world to become dependent on the regime as appetite grows for alternatives to fossil fuels, according to an expert. China is the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines and solar panels. In the area of…


China Props Up Domestic Clean Energy Industry in Bid to Capture World Market: Expert

The Chinese regime is financially supporting domestic clean energy industries in a bid to dominate the global market, forcing the world to become dependent on the regime as the appetite grows for alternatives to fossil fuels, according to an expert. China is the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines and solar panels. it produces more…


Courier Companies in China Deliver Live Animals in Sealed Boxes

The case of “live pet blind boxes” in China’s Sichuan province recently sparked public concern in the country, with even the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official media reporting on it. The matter involves not only the legal issue of delivering animals via a postal service, but also the just-implemented “Animal Epidemic Prevention Law” related to…


China 2020 Census Shows Population Growth Slipped to Lowest Ever

BEIJING—China’s population growth in the decade to 2020 slumped to the least in official records dating back to the 1950s, fuelling pressure on Beijing to ramp up incentives to couples to have more children and avert an irreversible decline. With growth having slowed ever since a one-child policy was introduced in the late 1970s, the…


COVID Reinfections Reported in Various Places in China, Authorities Shift the Blame: Leaked Documents

Chinese authorities continue to underreport COVID-19 cases in the mainland, according to recent government documents obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source. Evidence suggests that there may be many reinfection cases that the Chinese regime has concealed as they shift the responsibility to local authorities. Since the beginning of the year, a few…


2 Face Trial as China Enforces Online Control Amid Pandemic

TAIPEI, Taiwan—More than a year after two amateur computer coders were taken by police from their Beijing homes, they are set to be tried Tuesday in a case that illustrates the Chinese regime’s growing online censorship and heightened sensitivity to any deviation from the official narrative on its COVID-19 response. Authorities have not said specifically why…