Large numbers of foreign citizens have been caught up in Shanghai’s extended COVID-19 lockdown that has been in place for more than two weeks in some parts of the city. Like Chinese residents, foreigners face a difficult situation as they struggle for food and to gain access to medical care. Various parts of the city…
Along With Local Residents, Foreigners Are Struggling to Survive Shanghai Lockdown
Foreigners Are Struggling to Survive Shanghai Lockdown
Large numbers of foreign citizens have been caught up in Shanghai’s extended COVID-19 lockdown that has been in place for more than two weeks in some parts of the city. Like Chinese residents, foreigners face a difficult situation as they struggle for food and to gain access to medical care. Various parts of the city…
New Zealand Court Rules Man Suspected of Murder Can Be Extradited to China
April 14, 2022
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The New Zealand (NZ) Supreme Court has made a landmark ruling that a man suspected of murder can be extradited to China after receiving assurances that he would not be subjected to torture if surrendered. The Court of Appeals previously blocked the ruling that allowed the extradition of NZ permanent resident Kyung Yup Kim, who…
Prisoner of Conscience Recounts Being Subjected to Sexual Torture in China
Editor’s note: This article contains graphic details of torture and sexual assault. A prisoner of conscience, recently released from a 7-year term at a notorious prison in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, has described being subjected to a range of brutal torture methods, including sexual assault. Zhou Xiangyang, a 49-year-old Falun Gong practitioner and…
Beijing’s Hardline COVID-19 Response Pushes Shanghai to the Brink
April 13, 2022
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Food donations have been left rotting on sidewalks and in trash piles even as elites in China’s wealthiest city lay struggle to ensure their next meal. Starving locals have taken to banging pots and pans from their balconies while screaming out demands for food. From the quarantine centers, videos have emerged of people being locked…
Accounts of Suffering Escape From Locked-Down Shanghai
April 13, 2022
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Food donations have been left rotting on sidewalks and in trash piles even as elites in China’s wealthiest city lay struggle to ensure their next meal. Starving locals have taken to banging pots and pans from their balconies while screaming out demands for food. From the quarantine centers, videos have emerged of people being locked…
Accounts of Suffering, Starvation Mount in Locked-Down Shanghai
April 13, 2022
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After four days of trying to order food online to no avail, a man of around 30 from Shanghai’s Yangpu district called the police. The sealed-in resident wanted to know if he would get fed if he charged out of his residential compound and got arrested for breaking quarantine rules. His food purchase placed through…
China ‘Continues to Commit Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity’: Blinken
April 12, 2022
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on April 12 of carrying out genocide and crimes against humanity throughout 2021. “The Chinese government continues to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, against predominately Muslim Uyghurs among other minority groups,” Blinken said. Blinken delivered the remarks at a briefing…
Local Officials in China Accused of Concealing COVID-19 Data Fearing Backlash from Beijing
Local officials in China have been accused of not reporting data on COVID-19 positive cases in fear of a backlash from Beijing. Instead, the authorities have extended the draconian lockdown policies in an attempt to contain the virus. Some experts have called China’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policy a measure driven by political motives. An independent analyst…
‘I Have No Food!’ Shanghai Residents Protest As COVID Lockdown Anger Mounts
April 12, 2022
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Desperate residents in Shanghai protested a lack of food supplies as the lockdown of China’s wealthiest city entered a third week, online videos show. In the footage, dozens of residents stand behind the gate of the residential community of Kangting shouting, “Give [us] supplies Kangting community, give [us] supplies!” Two police vehicles, with their red…
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