zero-Covid policy

Disasters 06/25/22, 01:30

The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) restrictive policy of zero COVID-19, also called zeroing, caused the Chinese people to be affected by closures, strict controls, and especially heavy repression. For the past two months, people have been confined to their homes in several cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Henan, and northwest China. This ...

Social problem 06/24/22, 17:43

Dandong, Liaoning province, is one of China's most severely blockaded cities. The city has been closed for two months. However, authorities have yet to announce when they will lift the blockade despite strong protests from the public. After the arrest of a woman and her father in Dandong with a yellow ...

Social problem 06/14/22, 12:14

Two weeks have passed since Shanghai "re-opened," but shops in the city have yet to return to normal business. Small and medium-size shop owners still have to pay the premises monthly rent even though the store has not been open. In the area of Qipu Street Clothing City, on June ...

Social problem 06/13/22, 10:34

When the epidemic hit China, the Chinese government resolutely issued a "Zero-Covid" policy. They hope that this policy can push Covid out of the Mainland. However, "Zero-Covid" has not only shown its inefficiencies but also caused harm to the Chinese economy so far. The situation could be described as a humanitarian ...

Social problem 06/12/22, 17:52

Implementing the Zero Covid anti-epidemic policy has led to a wave of discontent among the people in Shanghai. In particular, there are more and more dissidents. Recently, dissidents have been summoned by the police. Chinese-language media Da Ji Yuan described three typical cases (of citizens). Ji Xiaolong 季孝龙  Ji Xiaolong is a ...

News 06/11/22, 18:06

'Where is 83.5 billion yuan?' people raised their concerns as Shanghai asked for Covid-19 donations. The successive blockades and nucleic acid testing have hit the Chinese economy hard. It also made it difficult for all levels of China's local authorities to provide financial support. Chinese-language media NTDTV reported that the Shanghai authorities ...

In-depth Reports 05/29/22, 14:55

The food problem  Dandong city in Liaoning province of China has been closed for more than a month. It's so difficult for many residents to have regular meals every day. However, according to NTDTV, the officials and businessmen continue to make money from materials donated for pandemic prevention. A video shows ...

In-depth Reports 05/23/22, 14:05

Under the Chinese government's zero covid policy, chaos over Shanghai's closure of the city has resurfaced in Beijing and Tianjin. Beijing has locked down 5 districts in a row, and tens of thousands of people in the Nanxinyua residential area in Chaoyang district have been quarantined. All 15 million residents ...

In-depth Reports 05/07/22, 14:03

Shanghai has been closed for more than a month, and extreme epidemic prevention measures have caused public outrage. Recently, Shanghai police summoned a citizen accused of playing "The Internationale"—a song once highly promoted by the CCP but now feared by the authorities—.  The case attracted the attention of netizens, and censors ...

Insights 04/23/22, 09:57

In recent days, Shanghai, the global financial hub and China's biggest city, has become the epicenter of the latest Covid-19 outbreak in Mainland China. However, unlike most of the rest of the world, which has transitioned to the stage of adapting to the pandemic, the Chinese regime still persists with its ...

Insights 01/28/22, 14:38

To ensure that the Beijing Winter Olympics events happen accordingly, China employed a variety of strategies to keep people from travelling amid the pandemic. China has used both rewards and punishment tactics to prevent people from traveling home during the Chinese New Year holiday.  They include threatening with imprisonment if returning to ...

Economy 01/19/22, 16:50

Hong Kong has adopted a strict zero-COVID policy, which results in foreign executives being unable to enter the territory. As a result, the number of visa approvals fell 75% from the pre-pandemic period. Hong Kong is running out of talent, and its status as Asia's financial center is crumbling, according ...

China 12/28/21, 19:52

Tulio de Oliveira, a scientist who was among the first to warn of the worldwide spread of the Omicron variant, said that China's zero-Covid measure would not work. The new warning came on Dec. 25 after the rigor in epidemic prevention in Xi'an city, Shaanxi province, China, is estimated to be close to the ...