State of Mankind

COVID-19 Sub-Variant to Lead Shanghai to Lockdown?



China in Focus

After living in Shanghai for 16 years, an American family decides to leave the Chinese city they call home. They explain what became the last straw. China announces its first case of a COVID-19 subvariant in Shanghai. Heavy restrictions are coming back to the city, while locals fear going back under lockdown. Beijing voices four preconditions for improving China–Australia relations. Australia’s prime minister responds. One man says he witnessed a patient being prepared for live organ harvesting in a Chinese military hospital. The non-consenting donor was still alive.