30 IELTS test locations canceled due to COVID in just one month
According to Apollo News, a series of IELTS test locations in China have been canceled. The reason given is the requirement for COVID pandemic control. IELTS is a renowned English language test for study, migration, or work. The test center of Renmin University notified that IELTS exams had been canceled on ...
Zhengzhou: 5-day COVID lockdown imposed after protest at iPhone factory
Zhengzhou, the 6-million-resident city in central China, has been put under lockdown. The move came after a large number of workers from Foxconn—China’s largest iPhone assembly factory—confronted armed police. According to Agence France-Presse, Zhengzhou authorities listed eight city districts as high-risk areas. As a result, residents are required to stay home, ...
Endless China’s zero-COVID! Now, ancient graves forced to move for makeshift hospital
Guangdong is a coastal province of southeast China, bordering Hong Kong and Macau. The COVID pandemic in Guangdong is getting worse. Officials in the area said they will do more to build more Fangcang shelter hospitals or COVID makeshift or mobile hospitals. And an "Emergency Grave Relocation Announcement" in Shenquan Town, ...
‘Accompanying doctor’: An in-demand occupation in China
According to information released by the Ministry of the Interior, the number of single adults living alone in China was about 92 million by 2021. They often seem free and live comfortably, but they can feel vulnerable when they suffer an illness. When people get sick, they often want someone to ...
China’s European business chamber sends letter to Beijing leader, raising lockdown concerns
According to the Financial Times, Jörg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, sent a letter to Beijing's acting mayor Yin Yong regarding the city's controversial COVID policy. The letter expressed concerns over Beijing's strict controlled measures and unreasonable decisions to lockdown businesses and residential buildings. The letter ...
Panic buying as restrictions spread across Beijing
The COVID outbreak in Beijing continues to heat up as the surge in COVID cases has left the streets of this capital city empty. In addition, grocery delivery services are overwhelmed. As a result, swathes of the Chinese capital are under lockdown to varying degrees. China reaches another record high in ...
Many young Chinese cadres heavily in debt from gambling, says CCP’s Central Inspection Commission
The Chinese regime is facing a new headache. Many young cadres, who represent the future of the ruling power in China, have encountered social evils. According to Apollo News, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission on November 24, said that these young cadres were heavily indebted ...
Authorities report 10-dead in Xinjiang fire: Residents locked inside
A fire broke out at a high-rise residential building in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, around 8 p.m. Thursday, November 24. The fire burned for almost three hours before it was extinguished. According to state media, the cause of the fire was a short circuit in the electrical panel. The fire ...
Beijing city is gradually coming to a standstill with more lockdowns: Report
As many business activities are closed, Beijing is near a standstill, and residents face restrictions. Meanwhile, mega-cities are under intense pressure as COVID infections surged to a record high across the country. According to CNBC, on Friday, many apartment buildings in Beijing prohibited residents from leaving for at least several days. ...
US to shun new imports and sales from Huawei, ZTE
The U.S. prohibits imports and sales of new communications equipment from Chinese producers Huawei and ZTE unless authorized. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission reached a consensus to roll out the measure on November 25. They have also agreed to ban authorizations of surveillance cameras from Dahua, Hikvision, and Hytera. All five Chinese ...
China’s economy worsens, COVID is relentless as is the CCP’s “zero-COVID” policy
It seems that China is still at war with COVID. South China Morning Post reported that COVID cases peaked at well above 31,000 on November 23, over 2,000 higher than the previous high of over 29,000 cases in mid-April. China keeps building more isolation and quarantine facilities. Local CCP authorities in ...
Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu sentenced to 13 years behind bars
Popular Chinese pop star Kris Wu has been sentenced to 13 years in jail after a Beijing court determined that he was guilty of sexual offenses, including rape. In an official Weibo account announced that on November 25, the Beijing Chaoyang Court convicted Wu of exploiting three drunken women at his ...
China’s state-owned banks to provide over $180 billion to property developers
China’s six mega banks have promised financial support to the tune of more than $181.4 billion (1.3 trillion yuan) to 17 builders in an effort to shore up the battered property market. Among them, Yicai reported on November 25 that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s biggest bank ...
Chinese youth are leaving China for good, finding new haven overseas
At the end of October, the Indonesian government launched the 10-year visa scheme called the “Second Home visa.” The new visa program is a bid from the government to attract foreign investors, with its trump card – Bali. However, Radio Free Asia reported that the move had received criticism from many ...
China is accelerating automation pace in manufacturing
Last year, the number of robots installed in Chinese factories was almost as high as in other countries worldwide. According to the WSJ, shipments of industrial robots to China will increase by 45% in 2021 from the previous year. The country is currently the world's largest market for robot manufacturers. The shrinking ...
UK urges government buildings to remove Chinese security cameras in key areas
England, on November 24, directed government buildings to take off China-made surveillance systems as a precaution for security. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden wrote in a statement that the move followed a security review, which concluded that further restrictions are needed. Dowden said, “Since security considerations are always paramount ...
China still trying to maintain the zero-COVID policy, expert
Some localities in China have been easing COVID-19 prevention measures, such as reducing the number of days of isolation or not requiring the presentation of a negative COVID-19 test certificate when visiting public places. However, the latest signal from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) shows that the ruling power in China ...
China’s local authorities face intense pressure of debt maturity
According to Bloomberg, there are growing signs that China’s local authorities are facing worrying debt burdens. Thirty-one provincial authorities in China now have outstanding debts close to the risk threshold of 120% of income from its Ministry of Finance. Those crossing that debt level will face more borrowing restrictions, limiting potential ...
Chinese-made drones flood D.C.’s no-fly zone, U.S. worries about national security risks
In the past few months, hundreds of Chinese-made drones have been seen in Washington, D.C.'s restricted airspace. The country's security services are worried that they could be used to spy and conduct foreign espionage. The information comes from seven government officials, lawmakers, congressional staffers and contractors. These people share the classified ...
Foxconn apologizes for pay issue after protests in Zhengzhou amid COVID-related management
CNN reported on November 24 that the protest of Foxconn workers erupted on Tuesday night, November 22, on its campus in Zhengzhou. Workers protested over the terms of the new hires’ payment packages and COVID-related concerns. Epochtimes.com said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses closed-loop management to counter COVID for ...
