China

News 04/29/22, 23:21

The latest data from Beijing Municipal Health Commission show that the city's number of new local confirmed cases has increased to 47 on April 28. The city has closed many facilities to fight the surge and implemented massive testing, resulting in fear of full lockdown like in Shanghai. Covid-19 has spread to ...

News 04/29/22, 23:14

According to China NetEase, April 28, Guangzhou Baiyun Airport announced that they would adjust some domestic passenger flight plans due to epidemic prevention and control. The Airport is expected to cancel more than 1,100 flights on the day. Flight cancellation accounted for more than 90% of the total daily flights. This move ...

Economy 04/29/22, 22:56

China has put one of its major wholesale markets under lockdown. In Yiwu city, Zhejiang Province, all villages and schools are closed from Apr. 27. Entry to public places requires 24-hour negative nucleic acid test results. Public transport is suspended. That were Yiwu authorities’ responses after detecting just two infected ...

Tech 04/29/22, 22:55

Chinese social media platform Douban is making it more complex for users from abroad to register a new account. The move comes after Beijing tightened regulations on networking platforms. However, according to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Douban is a sanctuary for the Chinese to discuss more liberal topics. Its ...

Economy 04/29/22, 22:45

In 2021, CGTN wrote: "1988 marked the beginning of a brand-new chapter in the development of China's road network." The Chinese regime's mouthpiece added, "After just three decades, the country now has 160,000 kilometers of expressways, which is more than any other nation in the world." According to Research on the Development ...

Trending 04/29/22, 14:31

Shanghai: A series of apartment blocks shaken by the screams every night After a month under a strict blockade, people everywhere in Shanghai are almost desperate. In many residential areas, frenzied screams can be heard every night. Many videos posted by netizens show that people’s anger has reached the extreme. The videoclips ...

China 04/29/22, 04:02

On Thursday, April 28, the Bejing Municipal Health Commission reported 48 new locally confirmed cases, with one imported case, and 9 Covid deaths. Beijing has 16 districts. And as of April 27, only five districts, including Mentougou, Huairou, Pinggu, Miyun, and Yanqing, were freed of any COVID-positive patients. Xinhua News Agency reported ...

News 04/29/22, 03:37

According to online footage reposted by Radio Free Assia on April 27, Beijing residents were flocking out of the city as of late April 26, after the authorities banned non-essential travel. A person said in the video, "They're scared. Taking their luggage and leaving." The attempts are stopped short as local police ...

News 04/29/22, 03:03

The German government has blocked a Chinese company from acquiring a German medical device manufacturer to ensure "public order or security". German media Handelsblatt, citing government sources, reported on Wednesday, April 27, that Berlin has stopped Beijing-based Aeonmed Group, a medical equipment maker, from buying Heyer Medical AG with more than ...

Tech 04/29/22, 03:02

Taiwan News reported that Chinese aircraft infiltrated Taiwan airspace regularly in the last year, costing the country an extra expense in the military by more than $24 million on defense from the forecasted budget. According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense figures, there were 21 incursions into the airspace in April ...

China 04/29/22, 03:00

At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken about President Joe Biden’s stance on the Taiwan issue. According to the South China Morning Post, Blinken replied that the administration is “determined to make sure that [Taiwan] has all necessary means to defend itself ...

Economy 04/29/22, 02:34

Local governments in China are confronting major debt issues as the economy deteriorates. Although the Chinese government does not use the term "bankruptcy," several cities are, in fact, insolvent. The Chinese government calls it "fiscal reorganization" instead. The Oxford Journals, in collaboration with JSTOR, have released a report on China's finances. In ...

China 04/29/22, 01:47

Former UN Ambassador Nikkei Halley has signed a letter by the Athenai Institute, demanding universities cut financial ties with China. The Athenai Institute is a non-profit and student-led organization dedicated to opposing Chinese influence in American schools. They wrote a letter to presidents of governing boards of U.S. public universities, asking ...

Human Rights 04/29/22, 00:54

Hong Kong's legal system is being undermined by China's national security law imposed almost two years ago. Now, the access to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence, a norm of customary international law, is being challenged, as reported by the BBC. The national security law has completely altered the ...

China 04/29/22, 00:35

Taipei is doing all to fortify its defenses against a future Chinese assault. The island government is paying close attention to the Ukraine-Russian war and trying to learn lessons from it. Taiwan will conduct the 38th Han Kuang military exercise. The Taiwan defense ministry has announced on April 26 that the military ...

Opinion 04/29/22, 00:28

On April 27, Australia's Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said that Beijing was aware of Australia's federal election campaign on May 21. It will very likely send troops to the Solomon Islands. Provisions in the leaked draft authorize Chinese security and naval deployments to the Solomon Islands. It states that Chinese ...

News 04/29/22, 00:20

As Reuters reported, the capital of China is taking all measures to prevent the number of infections from continuing to spread. This week, 20 million citizens out of Beijing's nearly 22 million will be tested for COVID three times. Millions of people in Beijing took the second COVID-19 test on April ...

China 04/28/22, 00:39

Twitter recently announced that it has agreed to sell its platform to Elon Musk for $44 billion. After that, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sparked a discussion on Twitter on April 26. He wondered if billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter gives China "a bit of leverage over the town square." Bezos ...

China 04/28/22, 00:39

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced that two of China's fighter jets intruded into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on April 26. The Shenyang J-16 fighters entered the southwest corner of the identification zone. This marks the 19th day of intrusions in April alone. In response to the Chinese military's move, ...

China 04/28/22, 00:36

Commercial drone-maker DJI announced it would temporarily suspend business operations in Russia and Ukraine to avoid its products being used in the war. The company stated on Tuesday, "DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions. Pending the current review, DJI will temporarily suspend all business activities in Russia and ...