China's Pneumonia Outbreak Putting Neighbors on Alert | China In Focus

China's pneumonia outbreak may be making its way across borders several countries including the US reporting a set insurge in cases at an alarming rate homework zones set up inside China's pediatric hospitals made for sick children to keep up with their studies while receiving treatment tragedy strikes as a US military aircraft crashes into the sea off Japan's Coast killing at least one that submit increasing Chinese military assertiveness near the region and a defiant flare up against the Chinese regime one year ago commemorated by lawmakers on the steps of the US capital what do you think of the event let us know below and subscribe if you haven't [Music] already welcome to China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer the pneumonia outbreak in China is putting other countries on high alert the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention or CDC said it's communicating with Chinese Health officials a spokesperson for the agency said it would continue to monitor the situation that's as a wave of micoplasma pneumonia sweeps through China Children's Hospitals across China are overflowing while Hospital in tiing seeing 10,000 patients per day some medical staff have been ordered to work around the clock to deal with the peak over in the US 11 states are seeing a jump in recent covid-19 hospitalizations examples include New York Pennsylvania California and Arizona over 18,000 covid related emissions were recorded in the week ending November 18th an over 9% increase over the previous week hospitals in Washington DC are also reportedly seeing an optic and sick visits that's according to Fox News Beyond America countries including France and the Netherlands also report a surge in pneumonia cases China's new outbreak is keeping its neighbors on edge India is reassessing its medical resources taking steps to make sure health workers have enough supplies should a similar outbreak happen on its own soil Vietnam asked the who for more information on China's outbreak Taiwan is also putting its airports on high alert urging travelers from mainland China to seek medical help if they exhibit symptoms back to China how severe is the country's outbreak the answer is we don't know the regime claims there's no new pathogen that the normal sickness uptick in Winter plus weaken public immunity after lifting covid-19 restrictions contributed to the recent surge in infections but there may be more to the story NTD learned that Beijing has ordered top officials to downplay the current outbreak and avoid using the term covid-19 though some Chinese residents told NTD that the symptoms appear similar news reports say several different kinds of viruses are raging now the symptoms of micoplasma pneumonia are very similar to those of covid-19 I have a runny nose and a lot of Flem Beijing has a history of suppressing medical needs when authorities first discovered the covid-19 virus in 2019 they silenced doctors who try to warn their colleagues when the covid-19 pandemic first broke out in Wuhan about 3 years ago the city saw a major death toll at the time authorities halted domestic flights to and from Wuhan the epicenter of the outbreak but millions of Chinese citizens were still traveling abroad unknowingly carrying the virus with them with global health concerns circulating here's a glimpse at how China is battling the outbreak Chinese children with IV drips in one arm and doing homework with the other the bizarre scene is becoming a common One Nationwide the mysterious pneumonia is presenting a new problem for school age kids balancing their medical treatment schedule and education to help hospitals across China have set up homework zones take a look at this picture it looks like a school but it's actually a health clinic in w on full of desks and chairs kids fill up the hole to study in the major port city ning this Children's Hospital also assembled a homework Zone China's capital Beijing and major business Hub tining are facing similar challenges hundreds and thousands of sick children there are also waiting for treatment and studying while they wait the health to homework crossover has caught social media attention outside China as well one related post on a for formerly Twitter already has nearly 1 and a half million views but many of the comments aren't so supportive often criticizing the parents and healthcare workers involved one reads quote terrible idea sick kids should be resting not studying at the same time other posts say tragedy has already struck reporting that a 15-year-old student jumped off a building burdened with the stress of both school and sickness at the same time Chinese parents are complaining about pressure from China's education system saying they have little choice but to push their kids in response Beijing authorities said six students are not advised to study while recovering standing up to the Chinese Communist party is no easy feat for Citizens inside China nevertheless thousands are doing it anyway this week us lawmakers and human rights activists are commemorating those voices of Freedom nd's Molina Weiss cup joins us with more from the capital in an event right outside of the US capital this evening a group of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists are trying to remind the world that the Chinese Communist party's grip on its people may not be as strong as it seems and that's clear not only from the people who are commemorating the white paper movement today but also with the white paper movement itself so just to take you back to exactly how this all started well around this time last year there were tens of thousands of Chinese people people who took to the streets holding up pieces of blank white paper in protest of China's zero covid policy but not only in protest of that policy also calling for an end to the Chinese Communist party and the dictatorship what that would take to risk your life in a regime like that to speak on behalf of Truth and protest tyranny I think that should give us all who are lucky enough to live in the Free World some courage to do whatever we can uh to protect the freedoms we have year after year more and more Chinese people people are standing up to demand their basic human rights year after year the change is happening took it upon himself to read off a list of names of people who were actually involved in the white paper protest movement who are still being detained in China today I also got a chance to catch up with lawmakers about the commemoration of this white paper Freedom Movement and they said this is something that should be encouraged because it is a Beacon of Hope so it's actually a little glimmer of hope that that still uh that China's stronghold on its people is not as strong as they think it is and encourage them to continue with that for the cause of Freedom around the world is to acknowledge their sacrifice and uh and applaud their sacrifice and I think it's important to continue to do that and this has to happen organically within the country and this comes at a time when there's a new undiagnosed pneumonia breaking out in China and spreading causing hospitalizations to spike now this is Raising concern among law makers here in Washington DC many of those whom I spoke to said that they're very concerned about the issue of transparency in the data coming out from China saying that they don't even know how serious this pneumonia is because China recently covered up the covid-19 pandemic which caused millions of deaths around the world reporting from Capitol Hill Molina Weiss cup ND news at least one person is dead after a US military aircraft crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan Wednesday five others were on board about 54,000 US troops are stationed in Japan many of them in the country's strategically important southern island chain that's says China becomes more assertive in the South China Sea Japan's Coast Guard said it found what appeared to be wreckage from the US ospr aircraft and one dead person fishing boats found three people in the surrounding Waters but their conditions are unknown Witnesses say the aircraft's left engine of appeared to be on fire as it approached an airport for an emergency landing numerous ospre crashes have been reported over the years including one in August that's when three US Marines were killed and several others injured during military exercises in Australia Chinese fast fashion brand shien planning to woo us investors with an IPO but allegations of forced labor in China may be standing in its way a congressional panel released a new statement following those reports it says Sheen's claims of taking supply chain transparency seriously aren't supported by the committee's investigation entity's Ms she has more Chinese fast fashioned giant shien is seeking an IPO in the United States the firm is extremely popular in the US where it's seeking to raise billions of investment dollars it's interesting that they're trying to grow so quickly especially when they have so many uh PR considerations and and problems that they still have to address Attorney John Conway specializes in intellectual property issues he says Sheen faces allegations of forced labor in its supply chain which Sheen has denied it's also reportedly facing over 50 intellectual property infringement lawsuits they are notorious for ripping off Independent Artists they take their patterns and and turn around and use them in their fast fashion without recompense and I know there's several lawsuits with that they add up quickly they could stop production on on some it will be a drain on their income legal fees Conway says Sheen also has a PR problem companies may not want to work with a firm that has such a reputation we decided to not work with them and decline the opportunity they were really eager to get Sterling forever to sign up and do business with Sheen um they wanted our product on their site um and they wanted to move fast it was it was very fast moving let's get this done can we sign today kind of conversations Mike cook is the founder of Sterling forever luxury goods retailer he said Sheen reached out to him back in July they went through rounds upon rounds of conversations to see if they could partner up C ultimately decided his core values didn't align with shien's Sheen's got a bad reputation on the street and I don't think that's going to play out favorably for them despite the reputation Sheen is extremely popular it was the top researched brand in over 113 countries last year Sheen reportedly uses a propriety algorithm that searches the web to discover what people find fashionable and then uses this data to create designs on inexpensive clothes The Firm has disrupted the entire fashion industry with its $5 skirts and $9 jeans MSI NTD news news for dozens of Hong Kong's top Pro democracy figures on Wednesday they've learned when they can expect a verdict close to 3 years after being arrested they're being tried under the Chinese regime's National Security Law prosecutors and lawyers made closing speeches in court 2 years after the the group of 47 Hong Kong activists and politicians were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion that was for holding an unofficial primary election in 2020 to decide who should take part in City lawmaker elections the 47 defendants include elected lawmakers and young protest leaders including Joshua Wong along with academics journalists and medical workers many say the plan was part of the oppositional politics that have long been allowed in Hong Kong prosecutors say it amounted to a massive well-organized scheme to subvert beijing's rule the Chinese regime imposed its vague and sweeping National Security Law on Hong Kong in 2020 after the 2019 protests a national security judge in the case said Wednesday a verdict could be expected in early 2024 67-year-old pro-democracy protester Grandma Wong was outside the courtroom police escorted her away for waving a British flag she later returned with a sign that said free 47 free all a North Korean tray town now emerging as a focal point for the isolated country's connection with the outside world but Shipman's leaving the area aren't carrying ordinary Goods instead they transport weapons what's really happening in puy Yang's special economic zone here's more this is the rason special economic zone once a North Korean experiment in limited capitalism that now appears to be the epicenter of the isolated Count's growing ties with Russia that's according to Regional experts who say it includes possible shipments of arms for the war in Ukraine rason was established in the 1990s on the border with China and Russia it was a dream destination for many North Koreans with its booming markets selling imported goods there were many electric bikes imported from China that couldn't be seen in other areas and motorbikes and cars that's Le Chan a North Korea economy expert at Teo University in Japan officials from Soul have told reporters that an estimated 2,000 containers suspected of carrying artillery shells have been sent from Ron's Port though the Kremlin has denied such shipments satellite images also suggest a spike in trade over the past year via the rail line to Russia seen here opening in 2011 Moscow and Pyongyang have been forging tighter ties in the face of what they see as a hostile us-led Western Camp North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Russia's Vladimir Putin in September in Eastern Russia Kim's first known overseas trip since 2019 China with its larger economy and deeper history with North Korea may seem the more obvious candidate to drive a recovery in rason foreign investments in China hitting a historical low what are foreign Financial firms operating in China facing right now and how are they dealing with those challenges a co-founder of Swiss private Equity giant Partners group told Bloomberg he's mostly concerned about Taiwan and the potential for war to break out with China for him China's invasion is not a question of if it's a question of when and how Partners group told companies it invested in make sure that you are not too dependent on China more than one tenth of his company's Investments focus on Asia The Firm has an office in Shanghai but is looking to diversify its Investments to other Asian countries like Thailand and Vietnam for Goldman Sachs the biggest concern is the tensions between Washington and Beijing chief executive David Solomon told Financial Times that he believes the tensions could last for years noting they come down to what he called real differences between the two countries because of it the investment bank has started moving away from its aggressive approach to grab market share in China a strategy called growth at all costs Goldman Sachs was one of the earliest Financial institutes to set foot in China it opened its first office there 30 years ago geopolitical tensions are benefiting one sector in China law firms hundreds of billions of dollars have been moved out of China this year as concerns rise wealthy Chinese are looking to protect protect their assets to do it many are buying up houses Apartments stocks or other Financial products some Chinese law firms have likewise expanded Beyond China's border to better provide them with legal services looking to capitalize on that profit potential Chinese Regulators are reportedly telling some large companies to end their Partnerships with foreign law firms advising them to work with domestic ones instead that's all for today's China INF focus on on YouTube we're now sharing a shorten version of our program here after being demonetized for more than 2 years if you'd like to support us subscribe to our partner platform epic TV where you can watch our full episodes or consider donating find us at donorbox.org chin Das in- Focus here's what to look out for in our second half an unexplained surge of infections is sweeping China across the country patients young and old are overwhelming hospitals and health clinics Bing says no new pathogen is at work instead blaming it on the flu and common wintertime colds but how trustworthy is that message and as an even bigger Outbreak on the horizon to discuss we sat down with John Moody former Executive Vice President of Fox News and author of the new book just another country thanks for watching China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer see you tomorrow