Tag: Social Control

Ruthless Zero-COVID Policies Allegedly Caused A Young Man’s Death in Xinjiang

A 32-year-old man died in a hospital in Xinjiang many hours after he was taken there by ambulance with severe abdominal pain. During the seven to eight hours in the hospital, he received no medical treatment despite his pleading for help and painful groaning. The doctors and nurses on duty ignored him, according to the…


Families Plead for Help as China’s Henan Province Isolates Thousands of High School Students

Thousands of high school students in China’s central Henan Province have been isolated since early October in makeshift quarantine facilities, such as schools, amid a recent wave of COVID-19 in the province. Multiple counties in Henan, including Bo’ai county, Yucheng county, and Yanling county, have locked down their residents and high school students, although they…


Draconian Zero-COVID Policies Blamed for Death of 3-Year-Old Boy in China

A 3-year-old Chinese boy died on Nov. 1, allegedly due to lockdown policies that delayed getting medical treatment. The boy’s father, Tuo Shilei, said, “I personally think that he was indirectly killed” [by China’s zero-COVID policies]. Tuo and his family live in Lanzhou, the seat of China’s northwestern Gansu Province. The death of Wenxuan, the…


CCP Locks Down More Cities Under Its Zero-COVID Policy

Chinese communist regime has locked down more cities and districts without fewer announcements amid increasing public criticism of its strict zero-COVID measures. Under the regime’s zero-COVID policy, a single case could cause the whole neighborhood, district, or city to be shut down. Wuhan Jiang’an District issued a notice on Oct. 31 stating that from Nov….


Long Walk Home: Workers Fleeing Foxconn Are Both Impeded and Helped on Their Way

Large groups of young people can be seen walking in fields and on highways, with suitcases and carrying bags, as they head for home. Video footage of their trek has gone viral in China and abroad, despite the Chinese regime’s strict censorship. Some are seen walking through the gates of once-shut fences, and some are…


Tibetan Businessman Condemns Chinese Regime for Long Lockdowns

A business owner in Tibet who was infected with COVID-19 in September condemned the Chinese regime’s draconian zero-COVID policies as the “biggest hindrance to people’s livelihood” and demands relaxation of the lockdown measures. Xiao Qiang (pseudonym) is a resident of Lhasa, the seat of China’s western region of Tibet. He owns a motorcycle sports club…


Son of Wuhan COVID-19 Victim Insists on Holding CCP Accountable, Is Threatened by Police

Zhang Hai, a Wuhan native living in Shenzhen who has been trying to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities accountable for his father’s death during the initial COVID-19 outbreak, was recently threatened by CCP police. Zhang told The Epoch Times on Oct. 29, “The police came to my home after 10 p.m. last night…


China, Hong Kong Stocks Rebound But Analyst Says Government Intervention Will Only Have Short-Term Effect

China’s stock market rebounded on the afternoon of Oct. 25, with its A-share index continuing the upward trend on Oct. 26 after plunging on Oct. 24. However, a financial analyst believes that the stock market recovery is a result of government intervention to appease investors, which will only have a short-term effect. China’s A-share stock…


Unbearable Conditions for Foxconn Employees Isolated by COVID-19 Outbreak

Workers in the Foxconn electronics manufacturing factory in central China were hit hard by a recent outbreak of COVID-19. Under the Chinese regime’s zero-COVID measures, many workers at the plant in Zhengzhou City, the capital of Henan Province, are isolated in dormitories or makeshift quarantine facilities, and have been asking the outside world for help…


Gov. Whitmer Defends Offering $715 Million to CCP-Linked Company

The governor of Michigan did not contest an accusation by her challenger that she cemented business ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as part of her effort to develop Michigan’s economy and defended the move as an effort to increase economic development. The exchange between Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon…