A group of anti-lockdown protesters have been sentenced after verbally abusing a BBC journalist during a protest last year. Djazia Chaib-Eddour, 44, Martin Hockridge, 58, Alexander Peat, 34, Christopher Aitken, 62, and Gary Purnell, 45, denied using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm, or distress, but were found…
COVID-Testing Everything in China: Draconian Measures Gone Too Far; Ryan Girdusky on Populism
August 29, 2022
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Geese, fish, and diesel trucks must all test for COVID-19 in China. China’s COVID policy continues to hammer in anxiety and financial trouble for the country. I speak with Ryan Girdusky, author of “They’re Not Listening,” on the rise of populism in the United States. We compare that to China’s political state and discuss what…
Grant Shapps Says He Did His Own Research to Help Block Lockdown
British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has claimed that doing his own research into COVID-19 and presented his results using homemade spreadsheets at crucial Cabinet meetings, helping to avert a lockdown in Christmas 2021. In an interview with The Telegraph, Shapps said that he made his own spreadsheets based on international data and sometimes presented his…
China’s Economy Is on the Ropes
News Analysis Standard Chartered, Goldman Sachs, and Nomura have all cut their China GDP growth outlooks as the Chinese economy continues to suffer under the “zero-COVID” policy, a falling real estate market, a debt crisis, and a tech sector in decline. A drought in southwest China has reduced hydroelectric output, forcing factories in Sichuan and Chongqing…
Businessman Stuck in Hainan COVID-19 Lockdown Says Island’s Governance ‘Very Poor’
Mr. Lin and his family were hoping for a nice family holiday together but are now stuck in the Chinese regime’s lockdown in what has been a confronting trip. Travelling from Chengdu, a city in China’s southwestern Sichuan Province, Lin (a pseudonym) traveled to Hainan, China’s most southern province, for business, while his wife and his child chose to accompanied…
More Chinese Cities Locked Down Under Strict ‘Zero-COVID’ Measures
August 14, 2022
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China has put several cities across the country and tens of millions of residents under new lockdowns, including the world’s largest wholesale hub and port cities. Many travelers are now stranded and struggling for food, production orders have been cancelled, and businesses are closing under the Chinese regime’s strict “zero-COVID” measures. According to Chinese media,…
80,000 Stranded on Vacation: China’s Top Tourist Destination on Lockdown; Gordon Chang on Taiwan
August 8, 2022
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China’s latest draconian lockdown hits Hainan Province, stranding 80,000 people on vacation. In the vacation town of Sanya, tourists are paying thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for a “forced lockdown order.” Plus, I speak with Gordon Chang about the latest in the U.S.–China match over Taiwan. Click the “Save” button below the video to access it…
China Locks Down 1.6 Million People After Finding 1 Case of COVID-19
Yongcheng city in central Henan Province went under lockdown on Monday after one local was diagnosed with COVID-19 the day before. As part of the lockdown, City authorities ordered all the 1.6 million residents must take at least one nucleic acid test from Monday to Wednesday and that only one person per household was allowed to leave…
Increased Drinking During Lockdown Could Potentially Cause 25,000 Excess Deaths in the UK: Study
A new UK study has found that heavy drinking increased during the lockdowns during the CCP virus pandemic and the increased costs to NHS England are expected to cast a “long shadow.” The study developed by the University of Sheffield for NHS England found that lockdown and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus pandemic may…
CCP Media Removes Expert’s View to Meet Zero-COVID Policy Needs
While the new COVID-19 variants are widely recognized to cause mild symptoms, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) media has to say otherwise. An analysis of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant done by a Chinese expert and published by CCTV on July 11 a CCP state media agency was removed and replaced with a different analysis that…
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