Tag: Shanghai

Hong Kong Urges Testing, Shanghai Struggles Under Lockdown

BEIJING—Hong Kong authorities on Saturday asked the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 at home for three days in a row starting next week. The announcement by Chief Executive Carrie Lam came as the southern Chinese city is struggling to contain its worst outbreak with authorities sending…


Shanghai COVID-19 Curbs Prompt Half of US Firms in China to Cut Revenue Forecasts: Survey

SHANGHAI—More than half of U.S. multinational companies in China have reduced their annual revenue projections, mostly due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, according to a joint survey by the American Chambers of Commerce in Shanghai and Beijing published on Friday. Responses to the survey, conducted with 167 companies operating throughout China including 76…


Reports Claim Hunter Biden Probe Heating Up

As Hunter Biden’s banking records reach the Senate floor this week, some are saying the president’s son may have broken a number of laws. Shanghai is extending lockdown orders. Phase one is still going strong, despite passing its deadline, and phase two is now underway. A new death hits Shanghai after ambulance staff refused to…


China to Test 26 Million for COVID-19 in Shanghai; the Political Side of Lockdowns in China

Beijing has implemented hard lockdowns on Shanghai. Inside a city of 26 million is an internal fight between factions. Power politics among communist leaders are playing with the lives of those who live there, as virus cases surge in the financial hub of China. We discuss the political competition between Chinese leader Xi and his…


Deaths Occurring at COVID-Struck Elderly-Care Hospital in Shanghai: Report

Omicron is tearing through densely-populated Shanghai, but some residents are finding the regime’s strict COVID control measures and lack of transparency worse than the threat posed by the highly-contagious variant itself. Cheng Ming (alias), who lives in the eastern area of the city that’s currently under lockdown, has been desperately trying to reach his 88-year-old…


Shanghai Begins Second Stage of COVID-19 Lockdown as Officials Aim to Test Millions

Chinese officials plan to test 16 million residents living in western Shanghai in the coming days, after the city began the second phase of its lockdown on April 1, according to China’s state-run media. Meanwhile, residents living in eastern and southern Shanghai hoping to return to normal life on April 1 after a four-day lockdown…


CCP’s Lockdown Propaganda Ignites Fury Among Sealed-In Chinese Residents

As many locals struggled to secure their next meal under China’s harsh COVID lockdowns, officials urged calm by launching a social media campaign aimed at showing how well stocked sealed-in residents were. It didn’t end well. It started with a leaked official memo instructing Chinese Communist Party officials in a northeastern Chinese city to flood…


NIH Deleted Virus Info From Wuhan Lab: Docs

Shanghai’s lockdown might be getting extended. As the city’s true number of infections reportedly skyrockets, netizens reveal more death cases online. Workers at one shuttered factory protest. Authorities told them to isolate in their dorms, but factory leaders threatened to withhold food if they didn’t get back to work. What’s the real cost of lockdown…


China’s Draconian Lockdowns Are Fueling Rising Discontent

After two years of living under some of the world’s most restrictive COVID-19 policies, a growing number of Chinese residents appear to have finally had enough. Rumblings of frustration can now be heard from inside residents’ buildings, on the streets, in hospitals, and on school campuses, a rare show of defiance in a country known…


Shanghai Residents Struggle to Obtain Food and Medicine as Citywide Lockdown Continues

For many living in Shanghai, the city’s tough quarantine measures are proving to be unbearable as they struggle to cope with life without enough basic necessities such as food and medication. Wan Wenying, 56, a resident of Shanghai’s Baoshan district, told The Epoch Times on March 29 that she was short on food after local…