Shanghai unrest: residents rush out of building, beat and chase COVID-prevention staff
Shanghai's brutal lockdown has made public grievances worse. On May 7, a series of video clips shot in Zhuanqiao town showing people resisting violence, chasing, and beating official personnel has gone viral. The incident took out in the Jinsheng community of Minhang district. On that day, the resident gathered in the ...
Shanghai struggle: starvation, negative-3-month-old forced to quarantine camp, foreigners fleeing
China’s Zero-Covid policy continues to make people struggle. Some starving people in Shanghai have run out of food for days and are calling for help online. Some out-of-town residents trapped in Shanghai have not received any assistance since the closure of the city. In a video, two people cooking on the ...
China: Artificial blood vessels out of stock, patients in critical condition
Shanghai’s embargo has had a significant impact on other locations, and the number of people who perished due to Shanghai’s closure is unknown. On May 7, a netizen shared three screenshots of a private chat they had with Dr. Li, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guangdong General Hospital, Class III. He said ...
Beijing demands proof of COVID-negative test for marriage registration
Mainland media reported this week that the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau has made it compulsory for couples to present COVID-negative test results in 48 hours if they seek to register a marriage license. According to the screenshot of the notice provided by China News Network, the requirement began taking effect on ...
China’s Zero-covid oddly terrify, barbed wire and duct tape
To save Chinese people from a potentially deadly virus, blocking gateways with barbed wire or using duct tape to wrap people up alive is happening in China. Significant cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Zhengzhou, and Henan are under strict control, with the Omicron variant surging and the epidemic spreading across the country. ...
‘Children having nosebleed’: Changsha residents protest BYD factory’s pollution
According to Chinese media Da Ji Yuan, residents in Changsha city of Henan province have demonstrated in front of a BYD factory for days because of its environmental impact. Citizens have been protesting against the pungent paint smell emanating from the plant. It was so bad that they said it affected ...
53 killed in eight-floor building collapse in China, death toll could be higher
An eight-floor residential structure in Panshuwan, Changsha, Hunan province, suddenly collapsed at noon on April 29. According to the official report, the government completed the operation by 3:30 a.m. on May 6. The rescue team was able to find and rescue 10 survivors trapped under the debris, while 53 were found ...
Shanghai’s Covid lockdown likened to Xinjiang crackdown
Since the Shanghai lockdown in April, its 25 million residents have tasted how the Chinese regime's repression of Xinjiang feels. The lockdown is considered a stress test of social control. In an article on May 6, Columnist Li Yuan at The New York Times described that Shanghai's strict lockdown has a ...
Unthinkable stories from Shanghai: Cremation of the living, arrested for charity
Unthinkable stories in Shanghai continue to appear during the pandemic lockdown period. A nursing home in Shanghai recently put a living person in a body bag and asked the funeral home to take it for cremation. The funeral home staff discovered that the old man was still alive in the bag ...
Shanghai lockdown: Korean middle-aged man found dead in apartment
A South Korean national living in Shanghai was found dead in his apartment in Minhang District on May 3. According to news media Chosun Ilbo, the discovery was confirmed the following day by the Shanghai Korean Residents' Association. The man was in his 40s and had been living alone, even throughout ...
Swiss scientist with Chinese nationality convicted of GSK trade secret theft
Gongda Xue is a Chinese national and former scientist at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) in Switzerland. As Reuters reported on May 3, he was convicted of charges conspiring with his sister to steal trade secrets from the drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Both of them want to benefit ...
Roe v. Wade: Republicans accuse Democrats of leaking documents to intimidate SCOTUS
Following the unprecedented scandal over the leak of a draft revealing that the Supreme Court is about to overturn Roe v. Wade, the repercussions from both parties were not long in coming. While Democrats are lining up to retain the legality of abortion, Republicans charge that the leaks are a ...
First-ever human case of H3N8 virus recorded in China
A highly contagious disease commonly found in winged animals infected a human being for the first time in mainland China. A 4-year-old boy was recently diagnosed with the H3N8 virus after coming in close contact with chickens and crows his family raised at their Henan province home. The country’s National Health Commission ...
FDA denies approval of two more China-tested cancer drugs
On May 2, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) denied approval for two cancer treatments developed in China. Hutchmed's pancreatic cancer treatment was turned back due to worries about single-country trials. In addition, Junshi Biosciences and Coherus BioSciences' throat cancer drug was held up because of quality processes. Hong Kong-based Hutchmed ...
Foreigner Youtuber exposes Shanghai epidemic prevention chaos
Xilan Ceylan is a mixed-race foreigner. His mother is Chinese, and his father is Belgian. He is a Youtuber and currently lives in China. After returning to Brussels - Belgium, Xilan Ceylan published a Youtube video on the 29th. There, he recalled the chaos of Shanghai's zero-Covid. His 25-minute Youtube video ...
Shanghai residents do not know where their meal next day
China's government has imposed a lockdown on Shanghai for more than a month. As a result, all its residents are confined at home, and getting enough food to eat is a day-to-day challenge for them. The Shanghai authorities have closed the commercial systems. They have tried to provide for their 25 ...
