Two renowned Russian-to-Chinese translators in China recently died from COVID-19 as the coronavirus sweeps through the country. Long-time translators Lou Ziliang and Wang Zhiliang died in the first week of 2023. Both men had translated large amounts of Soviet and Russian literature. Their deaths come as observers have noted that China’s recent COVID-19 outbreak has…

A Chinese media article said Shanghai cannot be put under lockdown, otherwise the core engine of China’s economy will be extinguished. Despite stringent lockdown measures, Party vice premier Sun Chunlan, who was visiting Shanghai on April 12, said the situation in the city was still grim and complex. In a commentary on April 10, Xinhua,…

With the international community gradually relaxing COVID-19 restrictions and the Beijing Winter Olympics coming to an end, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has recently announced it may “change” its “zero-COVID” policy to align with international community. Observers say that the CCP’s “zero-COVID” policy has reached a dead end and that the party is now forced…