- COVID-19 Epidemic Ravaging Northeast China, Villages Evacuated, Livestock and Crops Left Behind
China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province has officially reported 448 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Jan. 18 but the public believes that the actual situation is much worse than the official data. Wangkui County is the epicenter of the outbreak in the province. The situation is getting more severe, residents have told The Epoch Times. Local governments are […]
- Areas Across Seven Chinese Provinces Enter ‘Wartime’ Mode Following COVID-19 Outbreaks
Areas of Hebei, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Henan, and Ningxia provinces, as well as Inner Mongolia and Beijing announced that they entered “wartime” mode over the weekend due to surges in COVID-19 cases. “Wartime” mode typically means that restrictions are placed on when residents can leave their homes, and almost all public facilities, such as schools, stores, […]
- Chinese Residents Under Virus Lockdown Running out of Food, Supplies
The outbreaks in major cities of northern China such as Beijing, Dalian, and Shenyang remained severe, as residents were running out of food and other resources amid stringent lockdown measures. Meanwhile, northern Hebei Province witnessed another surge in COVID-19 cases and struggled to contain the outbreak. “We are like lambs to be slaughtered. There’s no […]
- Activist Disappears After Protesting Against Chinese Regime on Twitter
An activist, dubbed “Ink Girl” on Chinese social media, was reported missing after she posted a video on Twitter on Nov. 30, in which she exposed the abuses she has endured as a result of being persecuted by Chinese authorities for criticizing the regime and defacing a photo of Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2018. […]
- Chinese Citizens Sue Wuhan Officials Over Virus Coverup, Calling Mayor a ‘Murderer’
Two Chinese citizens are seeking to hold officials from the country’s initial virus epicenter accountable over their handling of the CCP virus outbreak. Yao Qing, a petitioner from the hard-hit Wuhan City, filed lawsuits on Oct. 22 against the city government, saying that some of its virus rules had violated their rights. The city entered […]
- 2 ‘Sudden Collapses’ in China Suspected to Be COVID-19 Deaths
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the COVID-19 pandemic has fortified its momentum with a second wave of outbreaks in a number of Chinese provinces. Instances of people suffering a “sudden collapse” have resurfaced on the streets, resembling the cases seen in Wuhan and other areas during China’s first wave of the CCP (Chinese Communist […]
- Chinese Regime Attempts to Curb Lunar New Year Travel Rush as Virus Makes Comeback
Grappling with new COVID-19 outbreaks across the country, China’s central government and local officials are urging the populace not to make “unnecessary” trips for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday in a frantic effort to contain the disease. For the country’s most important traditional holiday, hundreds of millions of Chinese head home for the holidays […]
- Chinese Authorities Block Foreign Media’s Probe Into Origin of Covid-19 Prior to WHO’s Visit
The BBC and the Associated Press (AP) recently reported that Chinese authorities prevented their journalists from visiting mineshafts and bat caves in China’s Yunnan Province, where a team of Chinese scientists conducted research on the source of the CCP virus, which sparked the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization will send a team of […]
- Beijing Announces New Minimum Wage, Not Enough to Cover Living Costs
The city of Beijing recently announced a new minimum wage rate, but the figure is not enough to cover basic living costs. Authorities also said in its announcement that the rate was not mandatory, but only a guideline. The Beijing Human Resources and Social Security Bureau announced on Nov. 23 that the annual minimum wage in […]
- Chinese Regime Targets Social Media Influencers to Silence Dissenting Speech: Leaked Documents
In the Chinese regime’s clampdown on internet speech, authorities have been targeting the “Big Vs”: social media influencers with more than 500,000 followers on Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging platform that’s similar to Twitter, according to a series of government documents recently obtained by The Epoch Times from a trusted source. At the same time, […]
- Xi’an Quarantines Nearly 2,000 Residents After 9 Return from Hebei Wedding
Nearly 2,000 people are quarantined in China’s Xi’an after nine residents who came into close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case at a wedding returned to the city. On Dec. 28, the nine residents from Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province in northwest China, attended a wedding in Shijiazhuang in China’s northern Hebei province—a city […]
- Chinese City Issues Travel Ban as CCP Virus Outbreak Worsens
The largest metropolis in northern China’s Hebei Province barred its 11 million residents from leaving city confines on Jan. 7 in an effort to curb the spread of the CCP virus which causes COVID-19. Locals in a nearby city said in interviews with The Epoch Times that they were under lockdown, though authorities did not […]
- Programming Alert: Documentary Film ‘Up We Soar’ Brings to Life a True Story of Courage
The Epoch Times and its sister media NTD will premiere documentary film “Up We Soar” this weekend. The film follows the true story of seven-year-old Fuyao and her parents in China. Fuyao’s parents are victims of Communist China’s persecution against Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. A spiritual practice rooted in Buddhist tradition, Falun Gong is […]
- People Leaving Xinjiang City Forced Into Quarantine, Fed Unknown Drugs
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Xinjiang’s Kashgar has worsened. Official data from the Chinese communist government has seen an increase of nearly 200 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus cases in the past few days. The local area has activated a first-level emergency response. People from other areas who have traveled to Kashgar recently have been […]
- Chinese Authorities Issue Strict Quarantine Rules Following Outbreak in Coastal City
Qingdao city in eastern China announced three new CCP virus infections on Oct. 11, all related to a local hospital. However, authorities have not been able to trace the source of the outbreak. The Chinese regime is also known to underreport cases in order to downplay any crisis; thus, it is difficult to assess the […]
- Vice Chair of China’s Xinjiang Government Arrested on Corruption Charges
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s top prosecutor’s office announced on Dec. 16 that Ren Hua, former vice chairwoman of the Xinjiang government, was arrested and would be prosecuted on bribery charges. Ren has held many important positions in Xinjiang and worked with three other former high-ranking officials who have been arrested for corruption. On Nov. […]
- Chinese Citizens Decry Extreme Lockdown Measures in Northeastern China
The Chinese communist regime’s extreme lockdown measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic has caused tragedy for one family in northeastern China where severe outbreaks recently occurred. Locals in Dalian and Shenyang, the two largest cities in the province of Liaoning, waited in long lines for COVID-19 nucleic acid tests during the severe cold on […]
- China Reportedly Fortifying Southwestern Border to Prevent Citizens from Fleeing
The Chinese regime is reportedly building structures at its borders with Vietnam and Burma, as an influx of its citizens are fleeing to southeast Asia in search of economic opportunities. China-Burma Border Fence China and Burma (also known as Myanmar) share a roughly 2,185-kilometer (1,258 miles)-long border, with about 308 kilometers (191 miles) not clearly […]
- Xinjiang COVID-19 Outbreak Likely Worse Than What Authorities Revealed, Critics Say
After a single COVID-19 case emerged in Kashgar city located in China’s far western Xinjiang region, authorities took the drastic measure of testing all 4.75 million residents within two days. The speedy testing has left some Beijing critics wondering if authorities were telling the full story about the latest outbreak. After the two-day drive ended […]
- China’s Largest Real Estate Developers Need to Pay Trillions in Maturing Debt
Chinese state media reports recently cited a new study on the country’s real estate market that painted a bleak picture: 76 of the biggest real estate developers need to repay 2,500 trillion yuan ($367 trillion) in the next 12 months, with 177 trillion yuan ($25.69 tillion) of it in interest. Such enormous debt has prompted […]
