Superpower China is running out of steam. As delegates from across the vast country assembled last week for the National People’s Congress [NPC], the Communist Party’s rubber-stamp parliament, Beijing’s economic resurgence is in trouble. The global recession triggered by the pandemic has hit China harder than almost anywhere else. World demand for its products, from high-end electronics... 

Russia and China are contemplating a collaborative venture to construct a lunar nuclear power plant, as revealed by Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos. Speaking at the World Youth Festival, Borisov outlined plans for a project between 2033-2035, aiming to install a power unit on the lunar surface alongside Chinese partners. The objective is to leverage “nuclear space... 

A now-viral account of a Chinese citizen’s life being turned upside down due to his low social credit score has resurfaced as Westerners awaken to the dangers of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Due to his low social credit score and placement on a list of “untrustworthy people,” Chinese journalist Leo Hu was banned from flying. But that was just the beginning of his penalties. “I... 

Chinese officials are considering the possibility of implementing lockdowns to combat the flu in response to rising influenza cases. The city of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province released an emergency response plan outlining measures, including lockdowns “when necessary,” in the face of a severe flu threat. While authorities have not indicated an imminent return to lockdowns, locals have... 

Amid the bustling streets of Guangzhou in southern China, chaos erupted as protesters clashed with riot police, donned in hazmat suits, in a display of defiance against President Xi Jinping’s oppressive regime and his controversial zero-Covid policies. Shouts and the shattering of glass reverberated through the air as demonstrators confronted the heavily equipped riot police. The police, clad... 

As it mulls kicking Elon Musk’s Twitter off the app store, it has now been revealed that Apple restricted the use of AirDrop in China, a move that harmed the organizational efforts of demonstrators protesting against the CCP’s lockdowns. Over the past week, multiple major cities across China have seen massive protests against lockdowns, with the normally compliant Chinese exploding into rage in... 

Violent clashes have broken out at China’s biggest iPhone factory with angry workers protesting against brutal Covid rules and dismal living conditions. Hazmat-wearing officials could be seen viciously beating one man with sticks while cops desperately attempted to convince workers to return to their accommodation amid on-running protests at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou. According to livestream... 

Chaos broke out in the White House press room on Tuesday, after multiple reporters asked Anthony Fauci questions about the origins of Covid-19 and related investigations. As reporters began asking questions, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to shut down the discussion. “We have a process here, I’m not calling on people who yell, and you’re being disrespectful to your... 

After the controversial, two-months long coronavirus lockdown of Shanghai, China has once again placed a city of more than 20 million people under house arrest. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, a coronavirus lockdown in Chengdu in Central China that had started on Thursday was prolonged Monday. Mass tests are being carried out after the city saw 71 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday. While... 

The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) apparently still exists in Hong Kong, where residents who are deemed to be “infected” are now being forced to wear an electronic ankle bracelet and “quarantine” at home like a criminal. Health authorities announced that the measures, scheduled to commence on July 15, are absolutely necessary to stop the spread, flatten the curve, and achieve a “zero COVID”... 

Just over a week after we reported that “Shanghai was finally lifting its Covid lockdown“, China’s commercial capital is once again backsliding into the warm embrace of Wuhan’s proudest export, and will “briefly” lock down most of the city this weekend for mass testing as Covid-19 cases continue to emerge, causing more disruption and triggering a renewed run on groceries days after exiting... 

The world’s supply chain was severely disrupted by lengthy lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by almost every nation on earth, but the lockdowns that hurt the worst were those in China. That’s because the West long ago surrendered much of its manufacturing capability to China where labor is cheaper and the Chinese government cares next to nothing about environmental concerns. But now,... 

Hopes that the CCP might be easing its Shanghai lockdown were dashed this week as authorities loosened restrictions for manufacturers and others businesses, while mostly keeping restrictions on residential areas intact. Instead of winding down restrictions in Shanghai, authorities are now scrambling to suppress an outbreak in Beijing which they believe may have been spreading for as long as a week.... 

It appears as though a mass genocide is currently taking place in Shanghai as government officials starve residents to death in order to keep them “safe” against the latest strain of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Reports are flooding in depicting troops and tanks on the streets, people screaming in terror, people jumping out of windows to commit suicide and farmers being arrested. And Big... 

China is reportedly facing its worst Covid crisis since early 2020 when an entire population was locked down to contain the virus in Wuhan and its surrounding province. Now, two years on, covid is seeing tens of millions of people forced into lockdown again, this time in the entire northeastern province of Jilin and the southern cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan. ABC news reports: China, the last major...