Guangdong’s manufacturing hub to shut down due to China’s zero-COVID policy
This month, the Chinese zero-COVID policy is forcing large numbers of private manufacturers to close in Guangdong province. Kaishan Toy Factory officially announced it would close on August 19 and lay off staff while compensating those laid off for lost wages in conformity with labor rules. Dongguan Jingli Plastics Electronics will stop ...
Beijing pledged 118 million assistance to Nepal; people claim: next victim of China’s regime
According to Business Today's report on August 11, China's regime vows to provide Nepal with $118 million. Reacting to this information, Chinese people expressed concern for Nepal. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi announced the commitment in a meeting with Nepal's counterpart Narayan Khadka on August 10 in Beijing. Wang also announced that, ...
China sends 10,000 medical workers to support Hainan, testing lines stretches 5 kilometers
Despite the closure, Hainan island couldn’t prevent the spread of the COVID virus. According to People’s Daily, Hainan recorded 5,000 COVID cases on August 12. Beijing authorities sent 10,000 medical staff from 19 provinces and two emergency medical teams to take over Fang Cabin Hospital in Hainan. Tourists who had just arrived ...
Hackers sell Shanghai QR code information of 48.5 million citizens online
According to Liberty Times Net, a hacker claims to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a COVID-19 health QR code app operating in Shanghai, China. For the second time in over a month, hackers have gained access to the Shanghai database. On Wednesday, a hacker who goes by ...
Protests in Luoyang: Owners of unfinished buildings kneel, pleading for the regime’s intervention
Recently, buyers of unfinished homes in Luoyang City, Henan Province, took to the streets to protest. They accused the project of being suspended for eight months. However, bank officials believe the authorities are unwilling to solve the problem. On August 9th, an online video shows that hundreds of owners knelt at ...
$2.2 million fine to hot pot restaurant owner for food safety offenses, first case in China’s Ya’an
On August 10, the Shimian District Court of Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, held a public hearing on a case involving a criminal complaint of incidental civil interest against the operator and employee of a county hot pot restaurant. He was accused of allegedly producing and selling toxic and harmful food. On ...
Four arrested in Hong Kong over ‘Civil servant secrets’ Facebook page, radio hosts blacklisted
Radio Free Asia on August 10 reported that Hong Kong police seized four people for "seditious" social media posts related to a Facebook page titled "Civil servant secrets." The incident occurred after a state-backed newspaper blamed the page for "inciting civil servants" and "smearing government policies and operations." The original page's ...
About 113,000 residents leave in 12 months, China’s grip, COVID curbs affect Hong Kong’s population
Hong Kong recorded a decline in population in the past year as people fled strict Covid-19 restrictions and Beijing’s growing grip on society. As Nikkei Asia reported, the regime’s data released by the Census and Statistics Department on Thursday show that Hong Kong’s population stood at 7.29 million as of the ...
Yiwu, China: Sudden lockdown leaves merchants isolated, customers cancel orders
The epidemic situation in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, has intensified. On August 11, officials announced that the city would be closed for three days. The whole city is managed and controlled as a medium-risk area. High-risk areas must stay at home, and most businesses have to suspend production and ...
Hong Kong’s “brain drain” continues and an unprecedented demographic crisis looms
According to Hong Kong's Statistics and Census Department, some 113,200 residents have left the territory over the past 12 months, contributing to an overall drop of 1.6% in its population. This situation marks a continuity in the tendency of Hong Kongers to leave their roots and seek new directions in lands far ...
Urumqi city, Xinjiang: residents grab food in middle of the night, tourists flee overnight
According to the Chinese media Financial Associated Press, starting 3 a.m. on August 10, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region authorities decided to implement temporary static management measures on some parts of Urumqi city. The "temporary static management measures" is the new phrase used to avoid the term "lockdown." Restrictions are scheduled for five ...
COVID policy causes young Chinese to give up having children
Recently, demographers said that the Chinese authorities' strict Zero-Covid policy may deeply hurt the willingness of young Chinese to have children and accelerate the population decline. Seeing the difficulties brought about by the Zero-Covid policy, many Chinese women are worried about having children. In an interview, Claire Jiang, a woman of 30, ...
Want a job in Dubai? Human trafficking ring exposed, investigations point to Chinese operators
Taiwan is allegedly finding links to Chinese operators as it cracks down on a human trafficking ring that would trick young Taiwanese into fake jobs in Dubai. According to Taiwanese media Liberty Times, the criminals would lure their victims by posting fake recruitment leaflets on Facebook. Focus Taiwan reports that these young ...
Shandong launches ‘PCR competition’: Choosing the master of the nucleic acid martial arts
*Note: fight OR battle OR competition → pick one for the whole article An announcement to launch a "big fight" (大比武 ) on nucleic acid testing in Linshu County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, on Aug. 9 led to heated discussions. Many netizens criticized it, and authorities deleted it. The official WeChat account ...
Raising kids in China much more costly than in the US – And this is just half of the story
A recent study shows that raising kids in China is much more expensive than in developed countries, such as the U.S, France, Japan and Germany. But money is just half of the story. Statistics: Raising kids in China is much more expensive than in the U.S. According to the 2022 report published ...
Tibet sees first COVID cluster in more than 900 days
According to Reuters, on August 9, Tibet reported new COVID cases. On August 8, local authorities registered one local patient with symptoms and 21 local asymptomatic cases. Therefore, different parts of the region, including its two largest cities of Lhasa and Shigatse, had to launch mass testing under China's stringent Zero-COVID ...
Bank cards restricted or frozen; customers in overwhelming confusion
Chinese mainland media reported on August 8 that in the first half of 2022, complaints about bank card restrictions and difficulties in enabling cards gradually increased. On multiple social platforms, when you enter "bank card," the pop-up entries are "what to do if the status of the bank card is ...
Tourist surge in Xinjiang may have caused latest COVID outbreak
As China Daily reported, a local health official said the summer surge in tourists may have impacted Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's COVID outbreak. The first case was detected on July 30 at the Ili Kazak autonomous prefecture. As of August 8, 420 asymptomatic COVID cases have been reported in the Xinjiang ...
Covid tests becomes part of life in China; ‘panic buying’ due to lockdown
Covid testing part of Chinese people's life Since the Covid pandemic broke out in China, the government has considered nucleic acid testing as one of the primary measures to prevent the spread of the disease. It became a routine for most people. Many cities have been increasing their nucleic acid testing sites ...
Passenger killed after falling onto the train track in Beijing
A passenger tumbled into the track at about 11:30 p.m. on August 9 at Beijing Metro Line 2 Chaoyangmen Station. At around 12:40 p.m., the scene was cleared, and subway line 2 resumed regular operation. At about 2:00 p.m., the body was carried out of the station. Authorities confirmed to reporters ...
