We revisit the ideologies behind the 2020 riots. Will the summer of violence return in the near future? I discuss this with Dr. Douglas Groothuis at the Western Conservative Summit. China’s COVID-19 theatrics continue, as Shanghai’s so-called reopening met with roadblocks and even more problems. Seniors are barred from restrooms, and people can’t leave their…
The Ideologies Behind the 2020 Riots; Shanghai’s Health Code System Controls People’s Lives
Within 24 Hours of Reopening, Some Shanghai Neighborhoods Shut Down Due to New COVID Cases
As Shanghai authorities began to reopen the city on June 1, some residential neighborhoods were once again locked down due to new reports of COVID-19 infections. While residents question and criticize the measures, authorities attempt to shift the blame to small neighborhood committees. Positive Cases Prompted Lockdowns At around 8 p.m. on June 1, residents in…
Shanghai Lifts Lockdown After 9 Weeks, But Residents Remain Cautious
Cars roar down the streets. Dog walkers roam through city parks. Luxury malls open their doors and light up. Sixty-five days later, Shanghai has finally come back to life—but normality seems a distance away. On June 1, officials reopened shops, restaurants, buses, trains, and offices to many of the cities’ 25 million, who had been…
Shanghai’s Local Authorities Hesitate to Lift Lockdowns as Ordered, Concerned Over Blame for Inevitable Next Outbreak
Shanghai, China’s economic and commercial hub with a population of over 24 million, has been in a hard lockdown for the past two months, which has only just been lifted by the municipal government. Production activities were halted, businesses shut down, and residents were barred from leaving their homes. Residents have decried the absolute and…
US National Guard to Work With Taiwan: Tsai
Shanghai eases its months-long lockdown. But more than 2 million people are still confined to their homes. For those who can leave the house, getting tested for COVID-19 is the new normal. The United States puts more Chinese companies under scrutiny, this time over sanctions. Europe is set to ban most oil imports from Russia….
No Work and Nowhere to Live: A Rural Migrant’s Ordeal in Locked-Down Shanghai
BEIJING —When Shanghai began its draconian COVID-19 lockdown two months ago, the French restaurant where Sun Wu waited tables closed and the 22-year-old, like countless other rural migrants, lost his job. To make ends meet, Sun helped sort deliveries for residents under lockdown, earning 250 yuan ($38) a day and moving from a dormitory to…
Shanghai Lockdown: Residents Demand Release
BEIJING—On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave. The triumphant story quickly spread on chat groups across the Chinese city this week, sparking one question in the minds of those who…
Shanghai Residents Under Lockdown Demand Release
BEIJING—On a balmy Sunday night, residents of an upscale Shanghai compound took to the streets to decry lockdown restrictions imposed by their community. By the following morning, they were free to leave. The triumphant story quickly spread on chat groups across the Chinese city this week, sparking one question in the minds of those who…
‘Humiliating’: Shanghai Billionaire Laments Life Under Protracted Lockdown
Liu Yiqian, a billionaire who lives in Shanghai, lamented that life is “humiliating” two months into the lockdown due to the Chinese regime’s harsh “zero-COVID” policy. His viral post on May 22 on Chinese social media platform WeChat was accompanied by a photo of himself, messy-haired, unshaven, and wearing what appeared to be an oversized…
Take a Walk Outside: Shanghai Residents Proclaim Lockdown is Lifted
Residents of a Shanghai high-end community, called Huixianju, proclaim the lockdown is lifted. They went outside and walked around their streets. The slogan, “Walk Out, Huixianju” went viral online. Shanghai is divided into three zones based on “antigen+nucleic acid” screening results: the closed control areas, currently involving a population of 2.3 million; the control areas,…
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