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Covid-19 Pandemic

How China used an online army of trolls to censor deadly virus news

January 16, 2021December 21, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Leaked documents show that the ruling Communist Party played down the severity of the coronavirus outbreak

Categories Covid-19 Crisis Tags CCP Trolls, China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Investigation, News, Wuhan Leave a comment

Paying the price for challenging China’s Covid-19 response record

January 14, 2021November 28, 2020 by Gordon Watts

President Xi’s CCP government targets Australia in a politically-charged row that threatens Canberra’s export trade

Categories Analysis Tags Australia, China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Economic Hit, News, Trade Tension Leave a comment

China blames ‘frozen food imports’ for bungling coronavirus crisis

January 14, 2021November 18, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Beijing tries to deflect criticism for its initial handling of the Covid-19 pandemic with a new narrative

Categories Covid-19 Crisis Tags China, Covid-19 Pandemic, European Union, Imported Food, News, World Trade Organization Leave a comment

China’s virus response condemned in the court of public opinion

December 29, 2020October 27, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Two major global reports reveal that the world’s second-largest economy has lost the battle for ‘hearts and minds’

Categories Analysis Tags China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Global Public Opinion, Outbreak Response, Transparency Leave a comment

Flashing lights cast a shadow over China’s data dump

December 22, 2020October 13, 2020 by Juweihu

Mixed signals as the economy appears to gather pace after being buffeted by the Covid-19 crisis

Categories Economy Tags China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Dodgy Data, Exports Leave a comment

Coronavirus continues to mutate in battle to combat the pandemic

December 29, 2020September 25, 2020 by China Factor Staff

US research illustrates the complexity of SARS-CoV-2 as the United Nations row simmers over its origins

Categories Covid-19 Crisis Tags Covid-19 Pandemic, Featured Story, Global Fight, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United Nations Leave a comment

Play China’s political version of Monopoly and ‘go directly to jail’

December 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Juweihu

Outspoked Ren Zhiqiang’s 18-year prison sentence for ‘corruption’ is a Beijing warning for mixing business with politics

Categories Comment Tags China, Covid-19 Pandemic, News, Political Free Speech, Prison Sentence, Ren Zhiqiang, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Zhang Huan’s red requiem to the Covid-19 dead in China

January 15, 2021September 18, 2020 by China Factor Staff

Recognized as one most provocative contemporary artists working today, Zhang traces the origins of a tragedy

Categories Arts Tags Art Collection, Covid-19 Pandemic, Culture, Wuhan, Zhang Huan Leave a comment

WHO warns of next pandemic as Xi ignores China’s virus cover-up

December 29, 2020September 8, 2020 by China Factor Staff

‘Heroes’ speech in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People is short on facts and long on fiction for CCP faithful

Categories Covid-19 Tags China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Next Pandemic, President Xi Jinping, WHO Leave a comment

China-US trade pact threatens to implode amid rising tension

December 13, 2020August 5, 2020 by Juweihu

A planned video conference between the big two could put the brake on the phase one deal

Categories Politics Tags China, Covid-19 Pandemic, Economic Storm, News, United States Leave a comment
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