Tag: Shanghai

Shanghai to the Korean Border | Tough Rides Season 1 Ep1

Colin and Ryan Pyle take off from Shanghai on their two well-kitted out BMW bikes for an epic adventure. They will cover 18,000 kilometers (11,000 miles) over 60 days in a circuit of China that has never been attempted before. …


Future Unclear for Tesla’s China Plant

News Analysis Tesla’s mega plant in Shanghai faces strong headwinds moving into 2023 due to trends favoring the localization of global supply chains amid fierce competition with Chinese automakers. The year didn’t start on a good note for the automaker when earlier this month, disgruntled Tesla owners protested at its various showrooms around China, upset…


Chinese Regime Hiding Real COVID Death Toll; Figure Far Higher Than Official Tally: Experts

The Chinese regime is still covering up the true COVID death toll in the country, experts said in response to authorities’ recent admission of tens of thousands of deaths in the latest wave. The true figure is likely exponentially higher, they say. China’s top health regulator on Jan. 14 acknowledged nearly 60,000 COVID-related deaths in…


Elderly Shanghai Couple Reveals Their Method to Stay Safe From COVID

Amid a massive surge of COVID in mainland China, many elderly have become infected and died. A couple over 90 years old in a nursing home in Shanghai have stayed safe and healthy. Their daughter revealed what they believe protected them. Most of the elderly in the nursing home have contracted COVID-19, according to the…


Drugs and First-Aid Equipment Seriously Undersupplied in Beijing, Shanghai

A growing number of COVID infections continue to hit China, and megacities like Beijing and Shanghai are facing a scarcity of medicines and emergency equipment. Wu Fang (a pseudonym) from Shanghai’s Pudong New Area told The Epoch Times on Jan. 4 that COVID-19 is rampant in the community and that “there are a lot of…


Shanghai Overwhelmed by Record-High Daily Emergency Cases and Funeral Home Overloads

Residents of Shanghai, China’s largest city of 25 million people, were caught off guard by the sudden reopening of the city after a prolonged lockdown and enforcement of zero-COVID measures. Reports indicate that the number of COVID cases in Shanghai continues to mount and is at a record high, and the crematoriums and funeral providers…


Emergency Visits Surge in Shanghai’s Top Hospitals, Mostly COVID Patients

Shanghai’s tertiary hospitals are experiencing a soaring number of patients in their emergency departments, which is double or even several times more than their usual workload, according to doctors. Patients have waited up to eight hours to see a doctor in some of the hospitals. “There are a lot of patients coming to the emergency…


China’s Crematoriums, Hospitals Overwhelmed as COVID Surges Across Country

A surge in COVID-19 cases in China has left crematoriums working around the clock to cope with the influx of bodies. Prices for medical supplies have skyrocketed as patients have struggled to get a bed at overwhelmed hospitals, where doctors and nurses have pushed on despite being sick with COVID-19 themselves. For many, the only…


Shanghai Luxury Properties Panic for Discount Sale as Wealthy People Prepare to Flee

In the face of the economic downturn and China’s tough anti-COVID campaign, Chinese wealthy people are scrambling to flee the country, selling their luxury homes in Shanghai and other first-tier cities at steep discounts and cutting their shares in listed companies to cash out. According to Shanghai property media, since October, local secondhand luxury properties…


China’s Health Services Struggle After Abrupt Unwinding of Stringent COVID Curbs

Over the past week, long lines have formed outside fever clinics, calls have inundated China’s emergency hotline, and businesses are preparing for new interruptions as more and more employees become sick. These chaotic scenes unleashed by the Chinese regime’s abrupt reversal of its nearly 3-year-old zero-COVID policy came as the virus raced through the population…