coronavirus, global economy, globalization, supply chains

The Coronavirus Is Damaging Globalization

The coronavirus is not only challenging healthcare systems across the world, it is also damaging the idea of globalization. Factories and stores across China have largely remained closed after the Lunar New Year. This has affected the domestic economy and international markets that rely on China’s manufacturing prowess. A hit to globalization According to Neil ...

Jack Roberts

An empty Chinese factory.

COVID-19 Outbreak Causing Scarcity of Face Masks

China is reeling under the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19. Neighboring countries are on red alert and have identified a few cases among their own citizens. Fear of the virus has triggered the panic buying of face masks in large quantities. This has made the item scarce in many countries. The hunt for face masks ...

Max Lu

A woman with a hoodie wearing a face mask.

Covid-19 Update: Global Outbreak Raises Fears of Pandemic

Fears are growing that the COVID-19 outbreak could reach a pandemic scale as more cases emerge around the world. A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads easily from person to person in many parts of the world. What we know More than 77,000 people in China, where the virus emerged last year, have been ...

Jack Roberts

A couple wearing face masks.

New Document Reveals How China Is Monitoring Uyghurs

The Chinese government is known to have adopted a discriminatory stance toward the Uyghur Muslim population in the country. A new document that provides information on a database maintained by the state reveals the grave extent to which Uyghurs are being monitored and persecuted through internment camps. The database lists hundreds of people from Karakax ...

Max Lu

Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Beijing Silencing Critics in China and U.S.

Beijing’s censorship on the coronavirus outbreak is not only limited to China but has also expanded into other countries like the U.S. Whether by removing online posts or threatening people who speak the truth about the coronavirus, the Chinese communist government is doing everything it can to crush any criticism raised against it. Silencing critics ...

Jack Roberts

A mother and child wearing face masks.

How to Make a DIY Coronavirus Safety Mask

The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has triggered a huge spike in demand for face masks. In places like Hong Kong, supplies of masks have dwindled, putting people at risk. Prices of the masks have also spiked due to the humongous demand. To resolve the issue, a team of scientists from Hong Kong has come ...

Armin Auctor

Asian woman wearing a homemade face mask.

2 Anomalies as U.S. Evacuates Citizens From China

More than 1,000 U.S. citizens were trapped in Wuhan when the area was locked down during the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). After negotiations between the United States and China, the U.S. started to evacuate its citizens from the epicenter. Later on, other countries followed suit to evacuate their citizens. Radio France Internationale (RFI) posted two ...

Raven Montmorency

Passengers disembarking from airplane.

2 Coronavirus Citizen Journalists Disappear in China

As Chinese authorities struggle to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus, they’re also working to silence the growing number of critics of the government’s crisis plans. Censors have been erasing critical social media sites. At least two outspoken citizen journalists have disappeared. Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin are among those whose whereabouts are unknown. The two citizen ...

Helen London

Chinese journalist Fang Bin.

COVID-19 Update: Infections Mount as Director of Wuhan Hospital Dies

What we know China reported 1,751 new COVID-19 cases and 138 more deaths in its daily update on the outbreak on February 19, bringing the death toll in Mainland China to 2,006 with 74,187 confirmed cases. The overwhelming majority have been in Hubei Province. Singapore Airlines temporarily ceased some service on major flight routes around ...

Max Lu

Chinese doctors treating a COVID-19 patient.

‘The Eyes of Darkness’: A Work of Fiction or Prophecy?

American suspense writer Dean Koontz published a best-selling novel in 1981 called The Eyes of Darkness. This dark thriller, written almost 40 years ago, tells the story of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) created a deadly virus called Wuhan-400 in a secret laboratory in the Wuhan suburbs in Hubei Provence. This virus, the storyline ...

Michael Segarty

Infectious coronaviruses.