In a news conference held on 15 March 2022, Shanghai city officials told reporters that ‘there’s no need to lock down the city’. Thirteen days later, on 28 March 2022 officials announced a five day lockdown of Shanghai, China’s biggest financial hub. Many of the city’s residents prepared a week or two weeks’ worth of groceries and … more
In a news conference held on 15 March 2022, Shanghai city officials told reporters that ‘there’s no need to lock down the city’. Thirteen days later, on 28 March 2022 officials announced a five day lockdown of Shanghai, China’s biggest financial hub. Many of the city’s residents prepared a week or two weeks’ worth of … more
When we talk about the landmark event of the COVID-19 era in China, the name Li Wenliang 李文亮 comes to mind for many. The death of this ‘whistle-blower’ is seen as the trigger for the first wave of an internet rebellion in China against the government’s failed handling of the initial phase of the epidemic. … more
Ngan Shun-kau 顏純鈎 (Yan Chun-gou, born 1948) is a writer, literary editor, and a seasoned observer of Chinese politics. Born in Hong Kong, Ngan grew up in the coastal province of Fujian. Like many of the youth in his generation, Ngan threw himself wholeheartedly into the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and rose to become a leader … more
