Category: Guangzhou

Guangzhou Retirees Stage Mass Protests Over Cuts to Medical Insurance Payments

Large crowds gathered on Jan. 11 outside a local human resource and social security bureau in Guangzhou, protesting against a sudden reduction in payments to their personal medical insurance accounts, according to a video of the protest posted online. This is the most recent protest in a series of mass rallies in the city, the…


‘Whether You Live or Die, No One Cares’: Chinese Left Helpless Amid COVID Crisis

Inside the mortuary of a top hospital in China’s fifth most populous city of Guangzhou, dead bodies have been piled on the floor after the refrigerated chambers hit capacity. Outside several morgues in the southwestern municipality Chongqing, cars have formed long lines waiting for bodies to be cremated. Up north in China’s capital, there were…


Police Detain 4 in Guangzhou After COVID Protests

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have detained at least four people for more than a week after they attended protests against COVID-19 restrictions in late November, according to activists, family members, and friends of the detained. While many who attended protests in cities across China last month were released after being…


China Deploys Riot Police in an Effort to Smother COVID-19 Protests

Chinese riot police in white hazmat suits clashed with people in southern China’s Guangzhou city on Tuesday night, according to online videos seen by Reuters. In one Twitter video, dozens of riot police holding shields advanced in formation over what looked like torn-down lockdown barriers, while objects were thrown in their direction. Later, police were…


Chinese Woman Hangs Herself in Guangzhou Quarantine Facility: Report

A woman from China’s Hubei Province killed herself in a quarantine facility in Guangzhou where she was isolated after testing positive for COVID, according to Caixin, China’s financial news portal. “Xiaoya” was among the first to be quarantined on Nov. 16 in a makeshift hospital converted from a stadium in the southernmost Nansha district of…


Protests Erupt Across China as Authorities Expand COVID Lockdowns

Protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out in major cities across China as reported infected cases surge. Despite the regime’s new epidemic prevention regulations that aimed to prevent the excessive control measures by local authorities, China is still sticking to the restrictive “zero-COVID” policies. With rapidly rising infection numbers, more cities have expanded lockdowns, causing…


Rare Mass Protests Erupt in Chinese Cities as Outrage Over Zero-COVID Restrictions Boils Over

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, as more cities have announced lockdowns due to a surging number of COVID-19 infections. Despite the regime releasing new epidemic prevention regulations, aimed at preventing excessive use of control measures by local authorities, the updated policies still adheres to the restrictive…


Mass Protests After Apartment Fire Deaths in Xinjiang See Authorities Lift Lockdown

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, following the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Xinjiang’s capital city of Urumqi in north-western China, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and locks throughout…


Mass Protests After Xinjiang Apartment Fire Deaths Sees Chinese Authorities Lift Some Lockdowns

Rare mass protests against COVID-19 lockdowns have broken out across China, including in major cities, following the horrific deaths of at least 10 people in Xinjiang’s capital city of Urumqi in north-western China, when first responders were unable to reach an apartment fire that was left to burn for hours due to COVID-19 blockades and locks throughout…


CCP Shortens Quarantines but Continues Zero-COVID Policy

The Chinese communist regime announced on Nov. 11 that it would relax some COVID-19 restrictions, but said it won’t change its zero-COVID policy. Meanwhile, the regime has been implementing more lockdowns in its southern megacity of Guangzhou. The regime’s State Council and the National Health Commission announced 20 relaxation measures for COVID-19 epidemic control on Friday,…