Category: Xi’an

Denial of Care for Dying Patients in Locked-Down Xi’an Sparks Anger, Despair

On New Year’s Day in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an, a woman who was eight months pregnant miscarried while waiting in the freezing cold outside a hospital. She had been denied entry because her negative COVID-19 test result was invalid by a few hours. One hand supported her belly as she leaned on the…


Dying Patients Denied Care in Locked-Down Xi’an Sparks Public Outrage

On New Year’s Day in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an, a woman who was eight months pregnant miscarried while waiting in the freezing cold outside a hospital. She had been denied entry because her negative COVID-19 test result was invalid by a few hours. One hand supported her belly as she leaned on the…


China Censors Negative Stories About Harsh Xi’an Lockdown

The Chinese regime banned Xi’an residents from sharing negative information about the harsh COVID-19 rules or the human toll of the lockdown on social media platforms on Jan. 5. Violators will lose their accounts. At the same time, “positive” videos and texts are spreading on Chinese social media platforms, which promote the COVID-19 rules and…


To Maintain its Ruling, China’s Xi’an Bans Negative News

The Chinese regime banned Xi’an residents from sharing negative information about the extreme COVID-19 rules or the subsequent humanitarian disasters on social media platforms on Jan. 5. Violators will lose their accounts. At the same time, “positive” videos and texts are spreading on Chinese social media platforms, which promote the COVID-19 rules and praise the…


China Censors Negative Stories About Harsh Xi’an Lockdown Amid Rising Public Anger

The Chinese regime banned Xi’an residents from sharing negative information about the harsh COVID-19 rules or the human toll of the lockdown on social media platforms on Jan. 5. Violators will lose their accounts. At the same time, “positive” videos and texts are spreading on Chinese social media platforms, which promote the COVID-19 rules and…


Xi’an Has Been Removing Residents From the City to Achieve ‘Societal Zero COVID’

Amid the recent flare-up of COVID-19 cases since Dec. 9, 2021, Xi’an, the capital city of China’s northwestern Shaanxi Province, has been imposing harsh lockdown measures in an effort to bring down the cases. The city, which has a population of 13 million, was locked down abruptly on Dec. 23, 2021. Initially, one member from…


‘Zero-COVID’: Xi’an Massive Lockdown Causes Starvation and Misery; China’s AI War on the US

China locked down a city of 13 million. Those who tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus are taken to quarantine, and those locked inside their homes are reported to be without food—all to reinforce the regime’s so-called “zero-COVID” policy. But there is a twist this time. A series of reports from The New York…


Health Code System Crashes in China’s Xi’an, Causing Panic

The health code system crashed in current China’s COVID-19 outbreak center—Xi’an city—on Jan. 4. The 13 million residents then couldn’t receive a nucleic acid test which is mandated by the regime and went into panic. On the early morning of Jan. 5, the Xi’an city government announced that Liu Jun, the director of the city’s…


China’s Harshest Lockdown Yet Tests Its ‘Zero-COVID’ Playbook

The first man set out from Xi’an, China, on foot and walked eight days and seven nights across snowy mountains, pacing around to warm himself amid the bitter winds and sleeping only when the sun came out—until suspicious villagers tipped off the police. The second hopped on a shared bike, cycling for more than 10…


Residents Barter to Survive Under China’s Extreme COVID-19 Rules

Residents in western China’s Xi’an city have started to barter with neighbors for food to survive. The 1.3 million residents have been in lock down since Dec. 23, and food supply has become a critical issue for them. Xi’an residents, who are lacking in food and can’t leave home due to the lockdown, have found…