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Editor’s note for Monday, November 8, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: The China Project’s crowdfunding campaign; Chinese activists’ mobile health codes are showing red alerts, according to Hong Kong’s Stand News; recommendation for the Slow Chinese newsletter.
Editor’s note for Friday, November 5, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Jack Ma might soon sell the South China Morning Post to a Chinese state-owned company; foreign journalists and foreign residents in Hong Kong are frustrated with declining freedoms; considering the future of “COVID zero” and India-China relations.
China’s fourth Delta spike spreads to 19 regions, tests ‘COVID zero’ policy
With exactly three months to go until the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, health officials in the capital and elsewhere are taking extreme measures to quash the latest Delta-driven spike in COVID-19. How long will China hold out as the last “COVID zero” country?
Editor’s note for Monday, November 1, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xi Jinping has still not left China since January 2020, and contributed only by video at the G20 and merely wrote a letter to the COP26 climate change summit. Is he mostly being cautious about COVID-19 ahead of a CCP plenum on November 8-11?
COVID origins: China denounces inconclusive U.S. intelligence report that calls for more transparency from Beijing
The 90-day review of U.S. intelligence on COVID-19 origins, which was completed in August, was highly inconclusive and even discounted several points cited by lab-leak theory proponents, according to a newly declassified summary. Beijing did not respond to the contents of the report, which it dismissed as “political and false.”
Shanghai Disneyland locks in more than 30,000 people for testing after COVID scare on Halloween night
Pandemic control authorities locked down Disney’s biggest amusement park in China and mass tested all staff and visitors. It may have been a horrible way to spend Halloween for the people stuck in line for a swab test instead of a rollercoaster ride, but the action received widespread support on Chinese social media.
China faces another COVID-19 spike, begins child vaccine rollout
For the fourth time this year, Chinese health authorities are taking swift measures to contain a small Delta-driven spike of COVID-19. With just over 100 days until the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, the capital announced especially strict requirements for visitors to enter.
How China’s COVID-zero strategy tarnished Golden Week
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Editor’s note for Wednesday, September 29, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 chairs a Politburo meeting on biosecurity. “It will be interesting to watch how the government rolls out plans to eliminate zoonotic diseases in the coming year: this will tell us more about where officials believe COVID-19 emerged than any official statements on the matter.”
Harbin officials face backlash for putting down COVID positive cats
A woman tested positive for COVID-19 in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin. She was hospitalized, leaving her pet cats alone at home. They tested positive for COVID-19, and were euthanized. Social media users called it an act of “astounding cruelty.”
Strict COVID rules expected for Beijing Winter Olympics
China has received internal pushback from the IOC and various national Olympic committees about potential quarantine measures for athletes.
China’s Fujian Province battles Delta flare-up as vaccine rollout approaches 80% goal
Also: Will China pivot to mRNA vaccines?
How China beat malaria
In June 2021, China was declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization. Here’s how the country rid itself of the mosquito borne disease.
China crushes Delta spike after weeks of strict measures
China’s health authorities are sticking with their strict playbook to contain and eliminate outbreaks of COVID-19. After over 1,200 were infected since July 20 in a Delta-driven spike, zero local infections were again officially reported for August 22.
Delta outbreaks in Beijing and Wuhan prompt China’s strictest COVID-19 control measures since 2020
China’s latest COVID-19 outbreak is small in case count but geographically dispersed, with 35 cities reporting infections. The Delta variant has made its way to Beijing and Wuhan, two politically sensitive cities that took strict measures to contain the outbreaks.
Delta variant fuels 171 COVID-19 cases in Nanjing, tests China’s zero tolerance virus policy
Nanjing, in eastern China, is facing the country’s largest COVID-19 outbreak since January. At the same time, many other cities, including the capital Beijing, reported cases connected to domestic tourists. Can China maintain its “COVID zero” policy?
China rejects WHO plan for Wuhan lab audits, suggests COVID origins study continue in other countries
Beijing put the kibosh on any hopes the World Health Organization had for further research in China on how the pandemic began.
China and the Arab League publish joint statement that showcases Beijing’s growing geopolitical ambitions
China’s reach and influence in the Middle East and North Africa continue to grow.
Chinese cities announce vaccine requirements for public places, setting off debate about freedom and vaccination inequality
It’s not just the U.S. and Europe where some people object to vaccine passports: some Chinese internet users are complaining that compulsory jabs are a form of discrimination.
From cash to celebrity photos and even temporary boyfriends: What Shanghai is offering for COVID-19 vaccinations
To help get more shots in more arms more quickly, nearly every city across China has begun giving free goodies and prizes to vaccinated adults. But one city really stood out in this nationwide drive: Shanghai.
