Tag: zero-COVID

White Paper Movement Shakes CCP, but a Bigger Wave Can Be Expected: Analysts

China’s white paper revolution evolved quickly with protestors opposing stringent lockdown measures and chanting, “Xi Jinping, Step down,” and “CCP, Step down,” which has presented a great challenge to Beijing. Experts warned of a bigger movement if the regime insists on maintaining its zero-COVID policy. Possible Bloodshed Since Nov. 26, the white paper revolution has…


White Paper Movement Shakes Zhongnanhai, but a Bigger Wave Can Be Expected: Analysts

China’s white paper revolution evolved quickly with protestors opposing stringent lockdown measures and chanting, “Xi Jinping, Step down,” and “CCP, Step down,” which has presented a great challenge to Beijing. Experts warned of a bigger movement if the regime insists on maintaining its zero-COVID policy. Possible Bloodshed Since Nov. 26, the white paper revolution has…


Protesters in China Bypass Censors to Vent Anger

“Good good good sure sure sure right right right yes yes yes,” someone wrote on Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter. The post may not sound like it was written in a bad mood, but on the tightly controlled Chinese internet, the seemingly positive message is one of many ways the Chinese people display their defiance…


China’s COVID-19 Restrictions Eased in Some Cities After Week of Protests

Some Chinese cities have announced easing their COVID-19 restrictions following widespread protests in China. However, Chinese officials have already said they will persist in their dynamic zero-COVID policy and have not given any indication of when it would end. In Guangzhou, a manufacturing hub located near Hong Kong, local health officials announced lifting lockdowns in…


Fauci’s Contribution to Tyranny in China

Commentary The grim news from China again puts lockdowns on trial. It seems simply incredible that the United States and most Western nations tried some version of what vast numbers of Chinese citizens are protesting now. Moreover, the tactics that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are using to crush dissent were tried at a lower…


China Protestors Call for End to CCP Rule

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Extraordinary protests quickly spread across China over the weekend, including major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, since a fire Thursday claimed a reported 10 lives in an apartment block in Urumqi, in the northwestern part of the country. China’s people were enraged by the regime’s COVID controls, which had prevented…


China Deploys Riot Police in an Effort to Smother COVID-19 Protests

Chinese riot police in white hazmat suits clashed with people in southern China’s Guangzhou city on Tuesday night, according to online videos seen by Reuters. In one Twitter video, dozens of riot police holding shields advanced in formation over what looked like torn-down lockdown barriers, while objects were thrown in their direction. Later, police were…


Mass Defiance in China Shows Populace Fed Up With Communist Control

A blank sheet of white paper has become the latest symbol of defiance in communist China. From Beijing to Shanghai, throngs of protesters over the weekend held wordless papers high to vent their frustrations over the regime’s harsh COVID rules, while digital white rectangles inundated feeds on the country’s largest social media platform WeChat—even as…


Chinese Authorities Start Tracking Down Protestors After Mass COVID Demonstrations

Chinese police have started targeting participants of last weekend’s mass protests against the communist regime’s harsh COVID-19 policies, according to reports, suggesting the surveillance state is kicking into full gear in response to the country’s biggest display of civil disobedience in decades. Two protesters told Reuters that callers identifying themselves as Beijing police officers asked…


Gaslighting Is the Word of the Year for Good Reason

Commentary Every year Merriam-Webster picks a word to capture the culture of a moment in time. The choice is based on the frequency and quantity of search as well as the departure from the norm. This year the choice seems perfect: gaslighting. It’s drawn from the 1944 film noir starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman….