‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s #Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work

//Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.

As China battles its worst coronavirus outbreaks, its uncompromising determination to eliminate infections has left millions unable to work. Stringent lockdowns, hitting city after city, have forced factories and businesses to shut, sometimes for weeks, including in some of the country’s most important economic centers.

Two groups have been especially hard-hit: migrant workers — the roughly 280 million laborers who travel from rural areas to cities to work in sectors such as manufacturing and construction — and recent college graduates. Nearly 11 million college students, a record, are expected to graduate this year...

Yang Jiwei, a 21-year-old from Anhui Province, worked as a waiter in Shanghai when the lockdown began. His residence, shared with four other people, had no kitchen supplies, so they could not cook the few packages of vegetables and meat that local officials had provided. He had been eating a dwindling supply of instant noodles...

But the official unemployment figures are widely considered an undercount. They do not capture many migrant workers, and they also count people as unemployed only if they are able to start working within two weeks. That would exclude people under extended lockdowns or the growing numbers of young people deferring job searches...//

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/business/china-shanghai-covid-lockdown-economy.html

Source: New York Times #May5

#Unemployment #Discontent #Pandemic #ShanghaiLockdown #Covid19

Chinese Authorities Detain Civilian in Mental Hospital for Expressing Opinions over Lockdown Policy

In Nanking, China, a young woman called Ding Yin was sent to a mental hospital after expressing her concerns over the lockdown of Shanghai.

Ding wrote a letter to #XiJinPing, reminding the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) of the problems of power abuse and the difficulties faced by the population.

Ding was hospitalised sincr then without any date of release.

Source: Radio Free Asia #Jun10
https://bit.ly/39j6h7x

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#Pandemic #Covid19
Key Indicator Shows #China’s #Economy Set For Further Slump

//Just when you thought China might be back on track, a key economic indicators suggests the opposite is coming down the pike.

Recently the price of iron-ore slumped, indicating that demand for this key ingredient in steel making is slipping as well. Recently one metric ton of the or would fetch $116, down more than 25% from almost $160 in early March, according to data from TradingEconomics. That’s quite a tumble.

That matters because steel has long been the lifeblood of that country’s economy....

What’s shocking here is that while China is in midst of undoing some of its recent COVID-19-related lockdowns that brought vast swathes of the communist country to an economic standstill. If those locked-down cities were now getting back to work, then why aren’t we seeing signs of an industrial resurgence?

So far, that’s not clear. If things were getting back to any form of normal then we should see demand for iron-ore creep up and along with it the prices of the mineral should rally.

Investors in Chinese stocks or even those listed in Hong Kong should remain cautious until we see evidence of a real recovery.//

Source: Forbes #Jun27

https://t.co/XrJ4mhyoD1

#Iron #IronOre #Lockdown #FinancialDownturn

The Chinese regime has developed multi-tiered programs for #BiologicalWarfare, including ones that mimic the recent #pandemic, with the intent to create a "pre-war" virus.

This is as agents of China’s military openly infiltrate US biolabs. Not only is this being allowed to happen, but US agencies, including ones that #Fauci are involved with, are even financing illegal virus research in China.

We talk to Lawrence Sellin:

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The Chinese regime has developed multi-tiered programs for #BiologicalWarfare, including ones that mimic the recent #pandemic, with the intent to create a "pre-war" virus.

This is as agents of China’s military openly infiltrate US biolabs. Not only is this being allowed to happen, but US agencies, including ones that #Fauci are involved with, are even financing illegal virus research in China.

We talk to Lawrence Sellin:

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In this special episode, we sat down with #FrankGaffney, executive chairman at the Center for #SecurityPolicy. He's one of the authors who released the report, titled "The CCP is at War with America." It touches on the #Pandemic and beyond.

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Studies point to China's #HuananMarket as #epicenter of #Covid19, wildlife trade associated

The following is excerpted from a statement released by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (#AAAS), which is the publisher of the peer-reviewed journal "Science", on July 26, 2022:

//Two studies published in #Science by #MichaelWorobey et al. and #JonathanPekar et al. use complementary approaches – involving spatial and environmental analyses, as well as molecular analyses – to provide evidence that the Huanan market in #Wuhan, China, was the early epicenter for the COVID-19 #pandemic.

The scientists concluded that SARS-CoV-2 was very likely present in live mammals sold at this market in late 2019 and suggest the virus spilled over into people working or shopping there ... //

Read more:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/959879

Source: AAAS; Canada TV #Jul27

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/studies-suggest-covid-19-likely-emerged-from-wuhan-market-1.6003139

#WuhanPneumonia

#IMF cuts global growth outlook amid US, #China slowdowns

//Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF Tuesday [July 26, 2022] to downgrade its outlook for the global economy this year and next, while warning that the situation could get much worse...

"The outlook has darkened significantly since April," said IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. "The world may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession, only two years after the last one."

"The world's three largest economies, the United States, China and the euro area are stalling with important consequences for the global outlook," he said at a briefing.

...China's economy is expected to slow dramatically in 2022, expanding just 3.3 percent -- the lowest in more than four decades other than the 2020 pandemic crisis -- due to Covid concerns and the "worsening crisis" in the property sector, the report said.

"The slowdown in China has global consequences: lockdowns added to global supply chain disruptions and the decline in domestic spending are reducing demand for goods and services from China's trade partners," the report said.//

Read more:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220726-imf-cuts-global-growth-outlook-amid-us-china-slowdowns

Source: France 24 #Jul26

#Economy #Pandemic #Covid19

A hearing is seeking to pin down the origin of the #pandemic by focusing on gain-of-function research.

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The #Pandemic is thrusting #CommunistChina back into the spotlight as fresh evidence reveals #China was stockpiling medical protective equipment, long before the pandemic officially broke out.

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UK Media: China had been stocking PPEs months before the pandemic outbreak

Three years since the COVID-19 pandemic has started, US former officials revealed that China had been stocking personal protective equipment a few months before announcing the pandemic, including limiting exports of these products and purchasing them from the West. This showed that the CCP tried to hide the truth about the pandemic, confirming the theory of a Wuhan laboratory creating the coroanvirus.

The Daily Telegraph reported on 8 Oct that China had been stocking PPEs a few months before announcing the COVID-19 pandemic, including limiting the exports of gowns and masks. At the same time, China purchased these PPEs from Europe, US and Australia. These foundings raised suspcision on the source of the coronavirus and the time of the outbreak.

Source: RFA #Oct10

#China #COVID19 #PPE #Pandemic

https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/covid-10102022113254.html

UK Media: China had been stocking PPEs months before the pandemic outbreak

Three years since the COVID-19 pandemic has started, US former officials revealed that China had been stocking personal protective equipment a few months before announcing the pandemic, including limiting exports of these products and purchasing them from the West. This showed that the CCP tried to hide the truth about the pandemic, confirming the theory of a Wuhan laboratory creating the coroanvirus.

The Daily Telegraph reported on 8 Oct that China had been stocking PPEs a few months before announcing the COVID-19 pandemic, including limiting the exports of gowns and masks. At the same time, China purchased these PPEs from Europe, US and Australia. These foundings raised suspcision on the source of the coronavirus and the time of the outbreak.

Source: RFA #Oct10

#China #COVID19 #PPE #Pandemic

https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/covid-10102022113254.html

Violent #Protests erupt in #China against virus-driven curbs. Hundreds of people smashed through COVID-19 barriers and overturned a police car.

A mother lost her unborn baby. The tragic event occurred amid China’s strict #Pandemic rules.

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Nearly 50 more #ChinesePoliceOutposts around the globe have been exposed by a new report.

The most sweeping changes since the #pandemic began have been made to China’s COVID-19 policy. Will the loosened rules spell good news for the #economy?

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The #CCP is again seeding the virus to every corner of the world.

Are we seeing a repeat of what happened at the beginning of the #pandemic?

https://ept.ms/CCPExportingPandemic

Italian Health Secretary: China Teaches the World What Not to Do in a Pandemic

Italian Health Minister Orazio Schillaci sharply criticised China's anti-pandemic measures in a presentation at the Italian Parliament on Thursday.

He said that China has taught a lesson to the world on what not to do when fighting against the virus. He calls on all countries to never use China-style measures to fight a virus.

Schillaci also indicates that no new variant was found from the import cases from China as of 30/12. However, Italy has to be aware of the risks posed by China's pandemic, but there is no need to panic.

The health minister also commented on the anti-pandemic policy of China, calling it an exercise in self-contradiction. He added that the recent situation in some Chinese mega-cities would be unacceptable in democratic countries.

#Italy #China #OrazioSchillaci #COVID19 #Pandemic #Lockdown #Democracy

Source: Europe Chinese #Dec30

http://europechinese.blogspot.com/2022/12/blog-post_99.html

#Beijing is in the hot seat. Lawmakers are introducing a slew of bills targeting the Chinese Communist Party. From repaying trillions of dollars under the “China Lied, People Died” Act, to holding Beijing accountable for the #pandemic.

https://ept.ms/HoldChinaAccountable

In China, #cremation services have been running 24/7 and estimates suggest that funeral homes may have burned 6 million bodies last month. This is a far cry from the regime's own reporting of only 60,000 deaths since the #pandemic started.

#JoshuaPhilipp explains:

https://ept.ms/PlotAgainstBiden

The public will soon gain access to intelligence on the potential origins of the #Pandemic after President Joe Biden just signed a bill to #Declassify the details. Did the #Virus leak from the lab, was it man-made, or did it jump through animal hosts?

https://ept.ms/COVIDOriginsReleased

#Huawei’s profit for 2022 has shown a significant drop, even more so than for 2011. Although the company cited the #Pandemic as a reason for its profit decrease, there are other factors at play as well.

https://ept.ms/120CovidSubvariants_CIF