Rumors are coming true: Beijing is on lockdown
Local officials immediately denied rumors of Beijing being under lockdown to combat the Covid-19 outburst on May 12. However, recent data shows that the rumors were well-founded. At a press conference that day, the Beijing Municipal Government's spokesman Xu Hejian, dismissed the information. He told residents not to believe in unverified ...
China: harvesting unripe green wheat prompts heated discussion among online netizens
Recently, videos circulated on the Internet show that farmers have been harvesting unripe green wheat as fodder. China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs then called on an inspection that harmed wheat crops in order to ensure food security. However, the incident then sparked heated discussion among online netizens. Many ...
China wealth health will be affected due to shrunk housing price
According to the pre-epidemic China Urban Household Wealth Health Report, China's household wealth has increased year by year and already ranks second in the world. However, the report finds that China's housing assets account for 77.7% percent, the largest component of household wealth and much higher than the 34.6% in ...
ACM withdraws more than 300 ‘fake’ papers from Chinese scholars
According to retractionwatch.com, the New York-based Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has recently retracted 323 academic papers from its database. All were by Chinese scholars. Some were even from double-first-class universities such as the China Agricultural University and East China University of Science and Technology. ACM said its investigation found that the ...
China Railway 11th Bureau: 6 senior officials punished for failure in pandemic control
In a May 14 press conference, the Beijing Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Department claimed that the China Railway 11th Bureau had poorly deployed prevention and control work, resulting in an epidemic cluster in three project departments of the Bureau's third company. According to Department, six officials have received punishment, including ...
Congress members urge Biden to visit Taiwan on his upcoming trip to Asia
A group of U.S. House of Representatives members sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the U.S to add Taiwan to the list of countries he will visit during his upcoming Asia trip. The group includes nine representatives: Tom Tiffany, Scott Perry, Nancy Mace, Louie Gohmert, Lisa McClain, Peter Stauber, ...
Shanghai: man kneels and begs to be infected with COVID-19
The longer the lockdown in Shanghai remains, the more hardships await its residents. On May 14, a video was shared on Weibo showing a man kneeling in front of community workers in hazmat suits. The man begged them to let him enter the cabin and get infected with COVID-19. He said he ...
China: Snow falls in summer, following other uncanny natural phenomena
Just one week after summer kicked off, snow suddenly fell in many places in China. People in Huang’Anba Scenic Spot, Chengkou County, Chongquing Province, experienced snowfall on Saturday morning, May 14. The “winter mode” was turned on in the scenic area with a sharp drop in temperature. A blanket of snow silver-wrapped ...
G7 calls on China ‘not to undermine sanctions imposed on Russia’ amid Moscow’s invasion in Ukraine
The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers held a meeting on May 14. According to Reuters, the G7 agreed to reinforce Russia’s economic and political isolation and provide Ukraine with military and defense assistance. Held at Weissenhaus, Germany, the meeting was attended by senior diplomats from Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, ...
U.S. ‘dual-track’ policy with China and the 3 conditions needed to succeed
Newtalk cited Expert Wang Hejin as saying the U.S. is applying a "dual-track" policy with the Chinese government. Wang also pointed out what the U.S. should do to promote this policy. According to Wang, on the one hand, the U.S. accepted the CCP's conditions for "severing diplomatic ties," "abolishing the treaty," ...
Major routes of China’s Belt and Road Initiative are in danger of collapse
The railway corridor that crosses Eurasia has become an essential branch of the Belt and Road Initiative. It runs through Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus. Almost half of those routes pass through Russia. So, European sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine might impact them. The Shanghai Observer reported a decline in those ...
Religious groups fleeing China still face transnational repression overseas
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released a report on May 12, pointing out that the rise of religious persecution in China has led to many people fleeing to other countries. The report mentions that the Freedom House described the Chinese Communist Party’s transnational repression of religious minorities as the ...
Chinese military expansion threatens all allies: NATO Deputy Secretary-General
Senior NATO official, Mircea Geoană, says the rapid expansion and modernization of Chinese military power poses a challenge to global security. A great deal of action must be taken to ensure the continuation of a democratic way of life, which is the goal NATO must defend. Geoană says that China is ...
Chinese aircraft carrier activity a ‘security concern’: Japan general
Kyodo News reported that The Japanese Defense Ministry's top military officer, Chief of Staff Yamazaki Koji, said on May 12 that the aircraft carrier Liaoning's activities in the vicinity of Taiwan and the southwest region are a serious security concern. Yamazaki said the Liaoning also stayed in the waters south of ...
Beijing citizens’ growing dissatisfaction amid signs of lockdown
The Beijing government is showing signs of Covid lockdown despite their denial. A number of communities in the China capital express their dissatisfaction. A video from U.S.-based media shows that China’s zero-Covid policy is forcing many people in Beijing to fear being trapped indoors. The footage features many cars lining up in ...
China’s Hikvision surveillance camera found inside top secret UK science hub
Chinese blacklisted video surveillance technology is being used in a top-secret laboratory in the United Kingdom. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the UK's Health Security Agency is now using the Chinese surveillance camera—Hikvision—at laboratories. The UKHSA is in Porton Down, England. This science hub focuses on two crucial areas: ...
China cancels Asian soccer tournament due to Covid
According to Reuters, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced on May 14 that China has withdrawn from hosting the 2023 Asian Cup soccer tournament due to the Covid situation. The Asia soccer governing body stated, [quote] "Following extensive discussions with the Chinese Football Association (CFA), the Asian Football Confederation has been ...
US upgrades diplomatic relations with Taiwan
The U.S. State Department recently updated the fact sheet stating its relations with Taiwan. It removed the wording, "the United States recognized the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China, acknowledging the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part ...
Guangxi shows signs of CCP’s fierce infighting
The battle inside the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to determine the core components of the next regime remains fierce. A U.S.based media cited sources saying that the CCP's high-level officials continued to send signals of tense infighting ahead of the Beidaihe meeting in August. In the latest sign, the Guangxi officialdom has ...
Shanghai resident’s account of escaping from being taken away for quarantine
Exhausted Shanghai residents are living under constant abuses from the regime's double-down Zero-Covid. Recently, a group of Shanghai residents has tried to break away from the enforced quarantine request. In an interview with the Da Ji Yuan news on May 13, Ms. Liang, a resident at Yuzhou International community, recalled the ...
