Scholar: Graffiti ‘should appear more often’: Beijing nucleic acid booths protest targets
Many local nucleic acid testing booths are being smashed or covered with protest messages in mainland China. While much of the world is now living with the virus, China still insists on its Zero-Covid policy. According to The New York Times, although no Covid cases are reported, residents still have to ...
Chinese dairy producer fined $11 million for putting additive in its milk
According to Caixin Global, Chinese authorities fined dairy producer Maiquer Group nearly $11 million for putting an undisclosed additive into its pure milk. Authorities also confiscated its unsold items worth $52,600. In addition, the company said it refunded customers $670,000 for defective milk products. The Xinjiang-based milk producer suspended its production in ...
Chongqing officials irrigate dead cornfields; Power outages in many places
Chongqing officials make a show of drought relief for dead cornfields On August 22, footage shared on the internet shows officials in Tongnan District, Chongqing were personally helping farmers fight the drought. Some people carry buckets for watering, while others directly pull water pipes to spray water. However, they "rescued" an ...
Housing scams widespread in Chinese cities: Many homeowners lose everything
Recently, a horror scam targeting the housing market has been spreading across the property market in many cities such as Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangxi, and Dalian. Many homeowners have lost money and fallen into poverty because of it. Chen, a man from Zhejiang, is one of the victims of such a scam. In ...
China’s lithium values rally over Sichuan’s power crunch
Power rationing in China’s lithium mining hub, Sichuan, is pushing costs of the material to near records again. As of August 22, lithium carbonate prices rose to 484,500 yuan (over $70,000) per ton, with Bloomberg saying it was the highest level since April. Sichuan is scrambling to ration power supplies amid overlapping ...
Jiangxi man punished for attending his father-in-law’s funeral
Recently, a man with his family living in Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, was severely fined by the local police for attending his father-in-law's funeral during the epidemic. In addition, although his nucleic acid test results were negative, they still put him under centralized quarantine. Naturally, this incident attracted netizens' attention. ...
Tourists protest after two weeks stranded in Tibet facing potential dangers
It has been more than two weeks since Shigatse city, Tibet, China, announced its lockdown on Aug. 8. Due to the sudden lockdown, many tourists are stranded. On Aug. 22, some tourists rushed out of the hotel and took to the streets to protest to go home. At 4 p.m. on ...
China censors Hollywood: The ending of latest Minions movie is changed
China censors the end of the blockbuster, the fifth release of the "Despicable Me" animated sequel, Minions: The Rise of Gru. Reuters reported that social media users in China noticed the difference in the movie over the weekend. The movie was launched in China this month, following international release in the U.S. ...
Dabai attack man; Cyclists cell phone explodes; Yangtze river bed exposed as water dries up
On August 22, Fang Zhouzin’s footage on the Twitter platform showed a man being attacked by pandemic prevention personnel on Renmin Road, Golmud City, Qinghai Province. (00:02 - 2:19) The man in the video wore a mask, although apparently, it wasn’t covering his nose (00:00 - 00:02). The group of people knocked ...
China’s childcare crisis: Infants have nowhere to go
Recently, a sizable network of nursery facilities shut down in Shanghai, taking parents by surprise. Who will take care of the kids has become a challenging issue for many Chinese households. China's National Development and Reform Commission has cited unattended newborns and young children as the main barriers to Chinese ...
Snow comes early for Xinjiang: Other regions throughout China experience intense heatwaves
While other regions across China still have to endure hot weather, many mountainous areas in the Altay region of Xinjiang saw their first snowfall in the early morning of August 20th. According to Chinese media outlet Tianmu News, the snowfall in some areas surpassed 4 inches while the temperature dropped to ...
Vacancy rates plummet: Shopping centers in China are struggling to survive
Recently, throughout China, there have been fewer people shopping in malls. Some previously popular shops are not open, and some have quietly closed. The decrease in the number of customers shopping and the increase in vacancy rates beyond the warning threshold has placed shopping centers in a challenging situation. According to ...
China property crisis deepens with apartment’s common area system
Since late June, China’s property market has already seen hundreds of thousands of dissatisfied homebuyers staging a nationwide mortgage boycott. Recently, Lianhe Zaobao reported that the decades-old common area policy implemented in Chinese apartments once again caused public outrage. According to the report, this came after Legal Daily, a Chinese state-backed ...
China: 350,000 more vehicle charging stations installed as power shortage continues
According to CCTV News, China is experiencing power outages and brownouts in numerous areas because of increased power consumption as the heatwave persists. Electric vehicle (EV) charging has become troublesome in these locations. China's State Grid is promoting off-peak charging to address this issue, as the grid load would rise by ...
Beijing to adjust medical insurance funds, citizens queue up to withdraw cash
Caixin reported that Beijing authorities announced on Friday, August 19, that as of September 1, the municipality of Beijing would decrease the amount of medical insurance funds deposited into the individual accounts of urban workers. The notice has become a hot topic. According to the announcement, the funds should only be used ...
Animals’ turn! Massive COVID testing on cows and fish in China; humans tested by machines
COVID testing on animal and fish performed in ChinaAfter footage of the Xiamen government's aquatic animal testing became viral, it's the turn of forest animal testing. On August 22, a video on the Facebook platform showed cows lining up for nucleic acid testing. (00:00 - 00:22) This footage follows the marine animals' ...
Mother Nature’s anger: Dried fish, cracked ground on China’s largest freshwater lake
Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, is gradually dying as land has dried in a large area, prompting fish to be stranded and die. Several videos appeared on social media in the past few days. They show that Poyang Lake, one of the important flood basins of the Yangtze River in ...
A family in Chongqing went missing after entering a cave to escape the heat
According to the Chinese media Ran News, on August 20, the Fire & Rescue Detachment of Wulong District, Chongqing City, went to a local undeveloped karst cave to rescue nine people who had been out of contact for 10 hours. Among those trapped were two older adults in their 70s ...
Nearly 10,000 travelers are trapped for 6 miles for 9 days on the highway in Tibet
Chinese-language media Da Ji Yuan reported that there were about 6 miles of traffic jams, where 7,000 people were trapped on 317 National Highway of Jinshajiang at Jinsha River Bridge at the junction in Sichuan and 10,000 people in Tibet suffered the same fate, due to the Chinese zero-COVID policy. ...
China nucleic acid tests samples from living fish and species: AI testing booth for humans
Since the start of the COVID pandemic, the Chinese regime has been adhering to the “Zero COVID” policy. One of the preventative methods is nucleic acid testing, although China has overused it. It has become routine for mainland people. Many cities have been placing nucleic acid testing sites within a 15-minute ...
