Tag: Harbin

Hundreds of Migrant Workers Constructing Makeshift Hospitals in China Are Diagnosed With COVID-19

At least 300 migrant workers constructing makeshift hospitals in China’s Jilin Province were infected with COVID-19 due to the harsh living environment and lack of protection. Now, these workers have been quarantined in those makeshift hospitals, all the while having not received payment for their labor, but forced to pay for quarantine. “We are diagnosed…


Behind the Worrisome Promotion of Antisemitism in Communist China

Commentary There are approximately 3,000 Jews in China. In a population of a billion people, that’s a statistical rounding error. The overwhelming majority of Chinese people will never meet a Jew, even though they have maintained a presence in China for 1,000 years. So I was surprised to read, in a recent Tablet Magazine article…


Pet Cats Killed in Chinese City After COVID Infection, Triggering Social Media Anger

BEIJING—Three pet cats that tested positive for coronavirus were put down in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, state-backed media reported, leading to a social media backlash at what some viewed as overkill in local efforts to contain the virus. The owner of the cats was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Sept. 21 and the local…


COVID-19 Sends Northern Chinese City Into Semi-Shutdown

The Chinese regime has tightened travel restrictions and increased orders for mass testing in its northeastern city of Harbin since Sept. 21 amid a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases. An estimated 10 million residents in Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, have received a new stay-at-home order. Authorities told them to avoid all non-essential travel….


Authorities in Northeastern China Announce New COVID-19 Cases

Chinese authorities in northeastern Harbin city announced new COVID-19 infections on Sept. 21, and closed down public places such as schools, indoor entertainment facilities, and board and lodging accommodations. The National Health Commission dispatched a medical team to Harbin, in Heilongjiang Province, to lead the local government in curbing the spread of COVID-19. This level…


COVID-19 Case Reported in Northern China Hospital Despite Stringent Measures, Source Says

Over 100 medical staff at a hospital in Harbin city were quarantined after a nurse tested positive for COVID-19, but local authorities attempted to conceal the situation, a trusted source told The Epoch Times. According to documents obtained by the publication, authorities require hospitals to follow strict guidelines in dealing with COVID-19 infections. But one…


With Lunar New Year Approaching, China Tightens Travel Restrictions Due to CCP Virus

As Chinese New Year approaches, Chinese authorities are tightening restrictions in an attempt to curb the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. In the northeastern city of Changchun, sources said that local authorities were underreporting the outbreak. On Feb. 4, the Party secretary of the First Hospital of Jilin University in Changchun, Lü…


Virus Outbreak Continues to Worsen in China’s Harbin City as Mass Lockdowns Cause Anxiety

The situation is severe in Harbin city, the provincial capital of China’s northeastern province Heilongjiang, which is one of the hardest-hit areas of the CCP virus pandemic in China. Local residents suspect that the government is covering up the real situation of the pandemic in the city, as extreme lockdown measures were applied to “low-risk…


Chinese Resident Under Virus Lockdown Stabs a Pandemic Control Volunteer to Death

A pandemic control volunteer in northeastern China was stabbed to death on Feb. 3 while attempting to block a resident from leaving his apartment complex. The volunteer, surnamed Zhang, worked as a guard at a residential community in Hulan district, Harbin city. He was stabbed multiple times after he refused to let a resident surnamed…


Beijing City Is Underreporting the Number of CCP Virus Cases: Chinese Official

Chinese authorities on Feb. 2 only announced new CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces. But an official in Beijing told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that the CCP virus outbreak in the capital was out of control and that authorities were covering up new COVID-19 diagnoses there. In Harbin, capital of…