Category: China Observer

Recently, someone working in pandemic prevention in China revealed to overseas media that several provinces have quietly built quarantine zones and makeshift hospitals, almost...

Big news: The global financial giant BlackRock has sold two office buildings in Shanghai. The reason? They didn’t want to repay their bank loans....

Wang Feng, a scholar at the University of California, Irvine, wrote, “China has set foot on a path of irreversible demographic decline.” One person...

In January this year, Chinese actor Wang Xing thought he was heading to Thailand for an acting opportunity. Instead, he was lured by a...

As China’s economy declines and the real estate market collapses, once-powerful construction companies are struggling. Reports show repeated delays in commercial bill payments, a...

TikToker “Yang Xiaoqiang” is known for documenting the lives of China’s working-class communities in southern cities. One of his recent videos explores a budget...

This is absolutely crazy. Right now, there might not be any other asset in the world that’s being snapped up like gold—by central banks,...

Many patients have been posting online, saying they can’t get through to the Foursmile customer service line. The clinics are empty. One person wrote,...

Some workers expressed frustration, saying it felt humiliating, as if they were being forced to accept their place with no resistance. Others suggested that...