Tag: COVID-Zero Policy

Despite Slowing Economy, Beijing Continues Pumping Aid Into the Solomons, Kiribati

Beijing is pumping more money into new developments in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati as “COVID-Zero” policies pummel the Chinese economy. While Chinese aid flows to the overall Pacific region declined from 2016 to 2021, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has upped its investment in the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, which switched allegiances from Taiwan…


With Large Number of COVID Testing Companies Springing Up in China, Illegal Operations Constantly Exposed

A large number of newly registered PCR testing companies have sprung up in a short period of time in China due to the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) enforcement of a strict zero-COVID policy that requires mass PCR testing on a regular basis. However, along with the surge, there have been increasing reports of companies…


Hong Kong in Limbo 25 Years After British Handover to China

HONG KONG—When the British handed Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech, and press that are not allowed on the communist-ruled Chinese mainland. As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing’s rule on Friday, those promises are wearing thin. Hong…


Shanghai’s Pandemic Control Staff are Disinfecting Residences

Pandemic prevention and control measures in Shanghai, China have escalated to the point that the Shanghai Municipal Government currently acknowledges there are requirements for quarantine of people with COVID-19 and disinfection of their residences, and it is possible that “a whole building will be quarantined when just one person is infected.” Jin Chen, deputy director…


Over 40 Percent of Shanghai Residents Depressed During Lockdown: Survey

Shanghai residents are in their seventh week of lockdown restrictions, causing many of them to suffer mentally. A new survey has found that 40 percent of residents have shown signs of depression. Chinese news portal NetEase released the survey on May 5 which revealed the psychological well-being of 1,021 Shanghai residents while under the city-wide…


China’s Civil Aviation Losing Billions, Impacts of COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war

China’s airline industry has borne the full brunt of the tough COVID-zero policy. The Aviation authority said it may have lost billions since the epidemic began. The Russia-Ukraine war has also impacted flights that usually travel over Russian airspace. “The impact of the epidemic on civil aviation in China has far exceeded expectations.” Airline transportation…


China’s Civil Aviation Losing Billions Amid COVID-19, Ukraine War

China’s airline industry has borne the full brunt of the tough COVID-zero policy. The Aviation authority said it may have lost billions since the epidemic began. The Russia-Ukraine war has also impacted flights that usually travel over Russian airspace. “The impact of the epidemic on civil aviation in China has far exceeded expectations.” Airline transportation…


COVID-Zero Policy Adds to Xi’s Re-Election Uncertainty

China’s harsh anti-COVID policy exacerbated the disunion in the Communist Party and intensified struggles among the party’s different factions, adding further uncertainty to leader Xi Jinping’s path of re-election at the upcoming twentieth party congress. Despite ever stringent zero-tolerance measures on virus transmission, the Chinese Communist regime is having a hard time maintaining its grip…