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Shanghai authorities announced this month that the lockdown had been gradually lifted in three stages. Many migrant workers hope to flee Shanghai as soon as possible. Airports and train stations are packed with people waiting to leave.

According to April import data from the General Administration of Customs, China has kept increasing imports of major grains around the world.

In terms of quantity, China's rice imports soared by 28.7% in April, its corn imports increased by 19.4%, and soybean imports rose by 8.5%. By value, total China grain imports in April increased by 24%.

Since day 1, China has been conducting zero-Covid strategy. No matter what a resident's life is like, the authorities would use emergency lockdowns, mass testing, and lengthy quarantines as part of a relentless drive to control the pandemic.

China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier in recent days has continued conducting harassment activities in the waters of Japan and Taiwan. Even so, Chinese-language media Da Ji Yuan said that if war broke out, China would have to confront three forces simultaneously, and the chances for the Liaoning to come into play were slim.

According to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, China's two top leaders appeared to have different voices in their last week's speeches.

The weeks-long lockdown in Shanghai has nearly tested residents’ patience to the limit. As more exhausting as it could become, the frustration is far from gone when the city slowly reopens.

Since May 15, a massive flood of people has departed Shanghai. That includes students, who were finally able to return to their hometown after the strenuous weeks of isolation.

Pictures of children's songs promoting nucleic acid testing went viral on the Weibo social network. Netizens considered this type of propaganda of testing to be mentally flawed.

Recently, many Chinese netizens have shared on social networks the anti-epidemic children’s song “做酸酸” (zuò suān suān) or “Nucleic Acid.” It promotes nucleic acid testing to children, but netizens have criticized its lyrics as too mentally handicapped. In addition, they believe that the official propaganda method is inappropriate.

The epidemic in Shanghai is coming to an end, but many people are still struggling. On Thursday, May 26, video footage on the internet showed a group of residents “besieging” Nanjing West Road, the most prosperous business street in Shanghai, in the Jing’an District. One young man took the lead and shouted, “Respect the law and return my life!” Several police officers wanted to step in and stop them but gave up. Censors deleted the short film soon after it was uploaded online.

Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encountering unprecedented challenges following China’s economic slowdown and its insistence on a zero-Covid strategy.

According to the China Small and Medium Enterprises Association, the country’s SME development index in May dropped 0.3 points from April—the third consecutive month the index has fallen.

Due to the lockdowns in major cities, many small and medium-sized enterprises had to lay off employees. The sharp drop in the laid-off employee’s income and not receiving compensation have seriously curbed spending even on essentials.

The spotlight is focusing on Le Yucheng, China’s Vice Foreign Minister. He was once the top candidate for China’s foreign minister post. But his latest job transfer might put an end to this future.

Citing people familiar with the matter, Hong Kong media Singtao Daily revealed that Le Yucheng would be transferred to China’s National Radio and Television Administration. However, he will serve as deputy director, which means he will remain at the deputy minister level.

On May 23, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addressed a regular meeting of the State Council, admitting that the economy’s current downward pressure continues to increase.

Shanghai's prolonged lockdown has caused a lot of tragedies. Now that restrictions are easing, a wave of people is fleeing the city, especially students and workers who are willing to return to their hometowns.

On May 24, the local disease control department reported 17 new local positive cases. Among them, there are six confirmed cases and 11 asymptomatic infections. As of May 24, Tianjin has listed 252 infected people in this new epidemic outbreak.

A video showing how residents are reacting against the Chinese Communist regime's coercive movement has recently been widely spread on the Internet.

Recently, netizens exposed a new regulation issued by the only funeral home in Shenzhen city.

On May 25, mainland netizens posted a screenshot showing the funeral home's app requires the city's mourners to provide the deceased's nucleic acid test certificate.

Travel out of Shanghai has been operating at a heated capacity. But the journeys out of the financial hub are not easy either. Previous reports showed lines of passengers stranded inside and outside of the city’s railway station. High demand has also left some struggling to get a ticket.

The 20th National Congress is expected to be held later this year. Recently, many officials in the provincial public security departments have been transferred across provinces within this month.

Shanghai announced the gradual reopening. And on June 1, the city of 26 million will resume normal operations. Up to now, lockdowns have remained in place in several communities in Shanghai.

Recently, many rural banks in Henan, China have not allowed depositors to withdraw money, which has caused a public protest to demand protection of their interests on a large scale. According to a number of videos posted online, the Zhengzhou government sent a large number of policemen in both uniform and plain clothes to arrest people, then force the protesters to write "pledges" before releasing them in the wasteland, where they are unable to contact their family.

The so-called Silk Road, which originated around the first century B.C., was a network of trade routes organized around the Chinese silk business, which extended throughout the Asian continent, connecting China with Mongolia, the Indian subcontinent, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Europe, and Africa.

The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as Wuhan coronavirus or ` has marked a before and after in many aspects of social life around the world. Knowing who is responsible and the position adopted by the main actors will help in a better understanding the new power relations.

Under the Chinese government's zero covid policy, chaos over Shanghai's closure of the city has resurfaced in Beijing and Tianjin. Beijing has locked down 5 districts in a row, and tens of thousands of people in the Nanxinyua residential area in Chaoyang district have been quarantined. All 15 million residents in Tianjin have been required to "stay in place" and undergo nucleic acid-based testing.

Over the past several decades, China’s income gap has expanded significantly. The current inequality issue is so acute that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has explicitly emphasized the goal of “common prosperity” at a prominent meeting in August 2021 of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs, requiring an “olive-shaped distribution structure of large middle and small ends” as reported by Xinhua News Agency.

Spending $1.71 a month due to the blockade, a Shanghai doctor feeling disgruntled The extreme epidemic prevention and control policy has caused many unbelievable but completely true stories in China. Everyday activities have become a luxury for the residents of the cities under strict blockade.

Residents compared being locked down in one of the world’s most densely populated countries to the penal system.

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) pandemic restrictions are so harsh people have started regarding themselves as jail inmates.

“It was like a prison,” Shanghai resident Coco Wang said, according to Reuters.

Wang revealed she is more concerned about the CCP’s authoritarian zero-COVID strategy than the virus itself.

“We are not afraid of the virus; we are afraid of this policy,” she said, according to the newswire agency.

The strict policy has already forced up to 59 million people into isolation following Beijing’s recent decision to lock down parts of the nation’s capital.

Almost every summer, the period before the Beidaihe meeting of the Communist Party of China is a sensitive time for China's political situation ( / politically sensitive to China), especially when the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will be held this fall. Whether Xi Jinping can be re-elected is becoming a hot topic in the media. Rumors about Mr. Xi Jinping suffering from a "brain aneurysm" and the risk of a coup caused by the high-pressure anti-epidemic policy have recently been reported by and spread on the foreign media. But is the news true or false? Is Xi Jinping's power stable?

China's harsh epidemic prevention and control policy is causing more and more absurd stories. In a new video that went viral in China recently, a young man being forced to go into quarantine shouted: "This is our last generation." This quote became a trending topic on Weibo, but the social network administrator quickly deleted it. Many netizens believe that this stands as a powerful voice of a young generation expressing despair and grief. Looking back at the 1989 students in Tiananmen Square who called for the responsibility of saving the country and the "last generation" cry in 2022, how has the way the Chinese people spirit changed?

Shanghai has been under lockdown for more than a month. Videos circulating on the Internet show that frontline epidemic prevention workers have unlimited power over Shanghai citizens. They vandalize citizens' property, beat people, and even treat the elderly and children violently. Videos and images on social media have shown a glimpse into the rising discontent over China's rigid virus response.

Wu Qiang, an independent Chinese political analyst, told the Chinese version of The Deutsche Welle (DW): "The current situation in Shanghai is that people in white hazmat suits take over the whole city, and the streets are occupied by these people. Putting on white hazmat suits, these people can arbitrarily trample on the dignity of the citizens and infringe on the rights of others. Without declaring a state of emergency, they used outlaw(ed) methods, put on safety suits and enforced the law, and arbitrarily restrict people's freedom of movement".

He also told the English version of The Deutscher Welle that, "The lockdown in Shanghai has given the middle class a glimpse of the totalitarian system that is going to be strengthened after the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress this autumn, during which President Xi Jinping is expected to seek his third term.”

People wearing hazmat suits, also called “Dabai” or “Big Whites,” could be professional medical personnel, firefighters, public safety officers, neighborhood committee officers, community workers, volunteers, or even temporarily recruited people. The CCP's extreme epidemic prevention and control policy has caused many human tragedies (with the help of this powerful law enforcement force - people who wear white hazmat suits).

On May 11, the Wall Street Journal reported under the headline "China’s Forgotten Premier Steps Out of Xi’s Shadow as Economic Fixer,” revealing that people close to policymakers said Chinese Premier Minister Li Keqiang was trying to influence the selection of his replacement when he steps down as premier in less than a year. Li's goal is to find another prime minister who can check on Xi Jinping as he likely reigns for at least another five years.

The 66-year-old Li Keqiang, who will step down next year, has recently become the focus of attention. There are reports that Li Keqiang, who is "putting out the fire" for the authorities' troubled economy, has become a potential counterweight to Xi Jinping at the top of the Communist Party and intends to influence the selection of the next prime minister.

Before the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this fall, there is also the Beidaihe Conference, and these days, some news about high-level power struggles are circulated overseas. Are the rumors about the secret fight between Li Keqiang and Xi Jinping baseless?

Russia and Ukraine have a long history of being together—at least a thousand years. Yet, today, both these peoples are caught up in a fratricidal war: is it to create a new world order, as the French journalist Christine Bierre wrote for the Paris Academy of Geopolitical Research right from early 2016?

“Peace in Ukraine must go through the new Silk Road. This means that there is no other way out of this crisis without a profound change in the world order.”

Adding, “One of the most likely exits is made through Xi Jinping’s Chinese proposal to recreate a modern version of the ancient Silk Road linking China with Europe, through Russia, Central Asia, West Asia, restored continental roads, but with corridors of modern infrastructure for transport, communications, pipelines, water and energy projects.”

Thus, intellectuals like the editor of Nouvelle Solidarité knew in advance that this conflict was about creating a new world order even before the Russo-Ukrainian war took place. And that world order is the new Silk Road that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been promoting for a long time, also known as the “Belt and Road.” Moreover, journalist Christine Bierre firmly asserts that this war can only end when this new world order is established.

According to many geopolitical studies, such as an article published in 2021 by Raoul Bunskoek and Chih-yu Shih, the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) is nothing more than building the so-called “Community of Common Destiny” that the CCP has painstakingly reinforced.

Let’s review some facts and data to see that both Russia and Ukraine have stepped more firmly on the “magnificent” deck of the “Belt and Road” of the Chinese Communist Party in recent years. Then to answer the question of why, despite having the same “destiny,” both Russia and Ukraine are suffering from war with great losses in terms of human life and infrastructure assets.

As described in previous chapters, since its birth, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has explicitly stated its intention to create a society far removed from a belief in God and any divine concepts that are above the power of the Party and the state.

Particularly in China, spirituality and faith were always rooted in the people’s hearts thanks to their traditional culture passed down from generation to generation for millennia.
The CCP, obsessed with imposing atheism, has sought to break the ideas and beliefs of citizens using threats, terror, and indoctrination as a means to achieve its goals.

The Communist Manifesto, one of the fundamental books of the CCP, promotes the destruction of the family, the church, and the nation-state. Therefore, eliminating and subverting religions is one of the main objectives of communism, as stated in its most fundamental ideology.

Following these principles, the CCP became an expert in the persecution of ethnic, religious, and spiritual minorities such as Christians, Uighur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and practitioners of the ancient discipline Falun Gong.

In this note we will focus on the case of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, which has suffered the most ruthless and bloody persecution in the history of China, and according to some research, it could also be the most perverse in the whole world.

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power by force in 1949, all religions and spiritual beliefs were one of its main targets of repression. In its obsession to break with the faith-based tradition of the Chinese people and impose atheism, the CCP had no choice but to resort to violence, terror, and murder to achieve its goals.

Under the pressure of CCP senior officials, the extreme epidemic prevention and control work/execution has escalated again, the strange epidemic prevention and control phenomena have continuously appeared, and the people's dissatisfaction has grown stronger. On the evening of May 7th, a fierce clash between the police and the people occurred in Shanghai.

In the East, different societies during the last 5 thousand years of history maintained a strong belief in the Divine nature of the Universe and the conviction that God created man and will return to earth to take him back to heaven before the end of the world.

Particularly in China, spirituality and faith were always rooted in the people’s hearts thanks to their traditional culture passed down from generation to generation for millennia. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), obsessed with imposing atheism, has only succeeded by force, breaking with the ideas and beliefs of citizens by using threats, terror, and indoctrination to achieve its goals.

According to Comic Book Resources(CBR), on April 29th, Chinese box office analyst and reporter Oliver Chen confirmed that the long-awaited Doctor Strange sequel has been officially banned in China.

No official reason has been provided. However, according to CBR, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness drew some heavy criticism from pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) social media users in China. One of the scenes posted online included brief snapshots of the news box for The Epoch Times, an independent media that publishes uncensored news from China. However, it is unknown if this led to the ban, as the film has yet to be released.

Shanghai has been closed for more than a month, and extreme epidemic prevention measures have caused public outrage. Recently, Shanghai police summoned a citizen accused of playing "The Internationale"—a song once highly promoted by the CCP but now feared by the authorities—.

China is the most populous country on the planet and needs enormous resources to continue to grow its volatile economy. As a result, the Chinese communist regime has invested millions over the past few decades to develop a significant focus on mining non-renewable natural resources.

Beginning with significant mining within China, the Chinese regime continued with determined strategies to expand mining in the rest of the world, especially in developing countries in both Latin America and Africa.