Chinese girl crying kneels before Confucius statue, feels guilty for low test scores
According to the South China Morning Post, citing Chinese media Liaoshen Evening News, a video of a teenager showed a girl kneeling before a Confucius statue, crying for not doing well on her test. The footage was taken in Foshan city, Guangdong province. The man who recorded the video, named Chen, ...
Guidance to reduce abortion: Chinese government departments are now pushing births
According to Chinese media, 17 departments, including the National Health Commission and the National Development and Reform Commission, issued a guidance document on August 16 to improve and implement active reproductive support measures. This seems to be an action to reverse the consequences of the "one child" policy enforced since ...
Beihai, Guangxi lifts lockdown overnight after residents’ protest
Summer is a peak tourism season. To curb the COVID flare-up, the authorities in the seaside city of Beihai in Guangxi imposed a snap lockdown without warning in mid-July. More than 20,000 tourists have been stranded in the city since then. It’s nearly a month since authorities put the city under ...
China’s heat wave victims: over 60% of workers with heat stroke have no compensation
Since mid-June, most parts of China have encountered continuous hot weather. The highest temperature has exceeded 40°C. Some media statistics have found that more than 60% of workers who suffer from heat stroke due to working in high temperatures are not compensated, and it is difficult for workers to defend ...
Shanghai residents flee from IKEA, creating chaos
On Saturday, August 13th, an IKEA store in Shanghai was temporarily locked down and controlled immediately by authorities due to a positive case. Many customers tried to run out of the store as soon as they heard the news. Several viral videos on Chinese social media since August 13th show an ...
‘Zero-covid’ makes people crazy: Leaving children behind as can’t wait for testing results
According to Chinese media, recently, a boy was abandoned by his parents at the ticket gate at Baotou city train station in Inner Mongolia, China, because they could not wait for the nucleic acid test results. This news has attracted public attention. The boy’s father has been detained for 15 ...
‘Card breaking’ continues to happen in China’s banks, expert: The main reason is financial fraud
People in China are complaining about bank scandals in recent months. In July, some depositors in Hainan Province said their debit bank savings cards had been frozen. They complained that they could only make deposits but could not withdraw any cash. Their online transactions were also restricted. Many have complained that they ...
New COVID outbreak in Beijing; traffic disrupted at Yunnan-Tibet border due to COVID controls
New COVID outbreak in Beijing A new coronavirus outbreak in China's capital has raised concerns. There were medium and high-risk areas in Fengtai District, and Changping District. According to Xinhuanet, Beijing authorities reported at the Epidemic Prevention and Control Press conference that there were 4 new cases positive with COVID on August ...
China’s funeral industry hot while other industries are in a slump; some COVID-related reasons
Sound of Hope, on August 14th, reported that a user of the mainland website “Today’s Toutiao” recently wrote: “I heard from a friend of a friend that he has been in the funeral industry for four or five years. In the first two or three years, there were only a ...
Public outrage over Shanghai’s requirement for students to have 24-hour nucleic acid proof
As back-to-school time approaches, Shanghai authorities announced that from September 1st, students from primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the city could only enter the school if they have a 24-hour nucleic acid negative certificate. The order from the authorities on August 14th caused a wave of criticism from ...
Chinese official’s whopping gambling spree: Over $90,000 lost in one night
China recently announced the case of a gambling-addicted official from a state-owned enterprise in Hangzhou. His annual salary was not even enough for one night's gambling spree. He eventually got jail time for taking bribes. The website of Zhejiang Province's anti-corruption agency Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision recently posted an ...
COVID staff’s ‘toilet solution’ for Shanghai bus tourists returning from Hainan
Thousands of tourists are trapped in China’s tropical island of Hainan as it struggles to contain the COVID outbreak. Sanya city has always been a favorite summer holiday destination due to its sandy beaches and tropical climate. According to a statement on the city’s WeChat account, commercial flights for domestic ...
Nearly 200 cars affected after gas station in China mistakes diesel for gasoline
On August 11, in Chongqing, a gas station used diesel as gasoline, causing nearly 200 vehicles to be damaged after refueling. According to Chongqing Radio and Television, one of the customers of the gas station, Mr. Zhou, said that the gas station would bear the repair cost and compensate $119 (800 ...
Shanghai’s Ikea shoppers panic because of snap lockdown; people battle for food
Shanghai: Ikea shoppers panic after hearing lockdown due to COVID On the evening of August 13, chaos broke out inside Ikea in Shanghai, a home products shopping mall, because a visitor was notified he had contact with a COVID patient. After that, health authorities attempted to close down the store and ...
China’s lunch break culture: ‘paradise’ or …..?
China is the kingdom of naps. According to research by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 88% of Chinese survey respondents have a habit of napping compared to only 13% of Americans. Walking into any Chinese company around lunchtime, you will see employees resting on their chairs, getting a moment ...
Shanghai to reopen all schools in September
Shanghai will reopen kindergartens and primary and secondary schools on September 1 after almost six months of COVID-19 lockdowns. According to a Shanghai Municipal Education Commission announcement on August 14, the city will require all students and teachers to stay in Shanghai for two weeks before schools start again as early ...
Ilegal Acid Nucleic kits exposed: Almost 40 million tests conducted
According to a report by the Epoch Times on August 12th, Shanghai Berger Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (Berger Medical) was recently reported to authorities. It is alleged that to save operating costs; the company sold testing kit reagents that did not meet the state’s transportation temperature regulations to many provinces, ...
50 million empty homes in China deepen property crisis: Think tank warning
According to a Chinese property think tank, the Beike Research Institute (BRI), China has about 50 million empty houses. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) cited BRI’s warning in its study that “China does not lack homes, with plenty sitting empty, and such high vacancy is risky.” It added, “Empty homes represent ...
Hainan’s stranded tourists run out of food, ask for help as lockdown worsens
The current outbreak of COVID-19 is intensifying in Hainan Province. The pandemic has spread to 13 cities and counties on the Chinese island since the beginning of August. China Watch reported that the number of positive cases had exceeded 5,000. The pandemic has affected seven cities, including Sanya, Haikou, Danzhou, Dongfang, Wanning, ...
Hainan’s stranded tourists run out of food, ask for help as lockdown worsens
The current outbreak of COVID-19 is intensifying in Hainan Province. The pandemic has spread to 13 cities and counties on the Chinese island since the beginning of August. China Watch reported that the number of positive cases had exceeded 5,000. The pandemic has affected seven cities, including Sanya, Haikou, Danzhou, Dongfang, Wanning, ...
